I was going to suggest either a soft lavender or even pink. The trick is going to be getting a shade that's 'interesting' enough without being too lavender or too pink, which is easy to do. I'd look for one with grey to taupe undertones, and simply plan on test-painting a few areas first to see how the color feels throughout the day. Many paint companies also have web sites with sample room photos you can use to try out various colors. (I know Behr has one.) Many of them even allow you to upload your own photos. I wouldn't rely on it to choose between 'muted pink #1' and 'muted pink #2', but you could get an idea if muted pink makes you want to gag, or looks surprisingly good.

I like this tile design in the shower and was thinking I can do the ming brick pattern tile on the bottom with white subway on top and some ming pencil border up top. Any thoughts on how this would look? Another idea is to do all white subway with a thick ming tile border. I don't want to use ming marble tile on the floors. I would like to use some sort of porcelain tile for ease of cleaning and also since it is more budget friendly. Any suggestions other than the wood porcelain tile?

Take a look at BM Sea Glass. I almost used that for my bathroom, but ended up with BM Mt. Saint Anne. If you Google it, you'll see plenty of pictures to give you an idea of how it looks. It's a blue-green-gray that reads slightly green.

With the limestone I used toothpaste, nail polish remover, vinegar (we sometimes use hot water and vinegar on the porcelain tile), bleach, and I actually did think about how an "accident" would effect the tile. I didn't need to go that far since what I used destroyed the Lagos Gray completely and also, though not quite as bad a lighter limestone. Too bad, cause I loved the feel and look. I'm awaiting my ming green samples. I"ll be very disappointed if it's as bad. I see so many ming green bathrooms on houzz and we all know how popular cararra is in bathrooms. I can't imagine how THAT many people would spend such big bucks on material that can destroy like that. I could live with minimal maintenance (like wiping sealer on once a year) but beyond that... I don't think so. I also don't want to stress about what cleansers I use or if one of my grandkids use that bathroom and "miss". I'm spoiled by my soapstone counters as my introduction to natural stone cause NOTHING hurts my counter.