Any other colors to consider? Adjacent spaces? What about a green?

Here are more pics. The tile looks gray with a tint of green

crl and I were thinking along the same lines..I was hoping to see a bit more green in the tile, as that would give you a color lift. Maybe a grayish green to blend with the tile? All that needs to be painted is the area we see above the cabinets?

Does something like this appeal to you at all?

Yeah! That looks like it will compliment the wall tile. A soft gray green you think?

Chocolate brown

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OMG! Tibbrix I am floored by your gesture. It gives me just a great perspective. A virtual hug to you if I may.

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Most welcome, rrs! It's fun, and very easy!

I really like 15, 17, 23, 24, and 26 for a neutral.

My3dogs that is a wonderful palette of colors. I have a lot to play with. Thank you so much!

I like the range of mock-up #s 18 - 23, and 26. Tibbrix you are so kind to take time to do these!

I'd be tempted to do the kitchen area is something like BM Wenge, which is kind of a deep black cherry/brown

melle, this one was particularly easy to do, and took no time at all. Paint once, then you just click a new color to change it. Piece o' cake.

Nice neutrals:

BM wood cliff Lake

Briarwood

I like 19. A bit of interest without overwhelming the surrounding neutral color scheme.

Love the neutrals esp Briarwood. Tibbrix would you know what no 19 is. Crl_ that caught my eye too.

#19 is, technically, Sherwin Williams Sage on the Colorjive paint program. I didn't put any paint color names up because they're going to look very different in real life. These things really just give you an idea as to what direction you might want to go in. Best bet is to bring your computer to a paint store and see if you can find colors that look like the pics.

I thought someone above had suggested SW Ancient Marble. Maybe it was another thread. Anyway, that might be very close to the color in #19.

SW Ancient Marble

BM Silver Sage

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I like the deep colors too mdlm. That is a very deep green. I love those kinds of colors in Kitchens because of the small wall area and how those colors make the cabinets and other stuff pop.

This would be nice in her kitchen too: BM Mountain Moss

Tib can you try a pale aqua just for me, please?

I love the Briarwood! and Mountain Moss.

What about navy?

Hmmm…not really sure what you mean by "aqua", but as thanks for your prior moral backbone, which I always admire when I see it, Yayagal, here are a few pale blues/aquas:

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Im wondering if a sienna shade might be nice with all the brown tones. Sorry I don't have any specific paint color names.

from what I see on my screen, I like something along the lines of 20, 21, 25 and 26... not sure I would like 19 with your granite--- but so hard to really see all the colors on screen accurately- esp with this laptop... 16 looks like it might look nice as a lighter color. I don't care for the reds or blues at all....

Thanks Tib, The more I look at the photos, the more I'm inclined to the light brown. Seems like the darker shade chop up the room. I love dark shades but, in this case, everything is so light that those dark shapes would dominate.

http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/reverepewter We have had no electricity since morning so haven't had time till now. How about Revere Pewter. I have a can somewhere. I was thinking about this color. Love all the inputs.

I, too, was thinking a chocolate brown because I think a medium/light brown is just too much of the same. Or a darker olive green (like the Mountain Moss), and, as always, love the light blue/aquas.

revere pewter can take on pinkish/purpley tones in certain light--- I tend to think it wouldn't be the best shade in your kitchen, but since you have a can, shake it up and paint on a swatch in a couple of spots and look at it at different times of the day-- it might help you have a better idea of the direction you want to go in. are you going to leave your keeping room the yellow or paint it too?

16 or 19 would look the best, IMHO.

Keeping room is going to be painted Moonshine. http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/moonshine . Here is the link.

I vote for 2,4,25,26. Use any color accent in kitchen with them. Orange, green, red....

If you want to "break up the monotony," go bold.

I have white cabs, marble CT, and walnut floors. Have very little wall space which I painted a very dark grey (Behr poppyseed, SW cyberspace). It looks great; may have been the best decision I made. The dark color falls into the background, but makes the white cabinets pop and highlights the grey in the marble CT. Even the walnut HW floors look great in the kitchen. I took the risk knowing it was a small space that I could easily repaint myself.

You will have to get lots of paint samples and tape them to your walls in different lighting. Computer monitors are not accurate but at least give you an idea of what shades or colors might work.

Our last house had lots of maple which I found color seemed to work well with it. I actually had a spice orange on wall in the kitchen, but my counters had some of that rust in it. Your counters don't appear to. I've always been fond of greens with maple, but nothing minty. I also had another wall in the kitchen painted brown, only because I did not want the spice orange/ rust color to get overpowering. I don't think I would have picked chocolate brown for the whole kitchen. Too many walls.

Your kitchen area to be painted looks smaller to me and I think a slighter darker contrasting color would look good. I don't like really dark (depends on your lighting though).

Tribix's recommendation of Mountain moss looks great. I like some contrast with maple and it has that touch of green I like.

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18, 19, 21- ( I like 18 and 21 but it may be too close to the shade of brown in your tile and too green?

19 seems to match the darker tile. Again the only way to tell for sure would be samples taped together on the wall. Tape about 4 together to get an idea. Also the samples will look very dark against your light colored walls, but not nearly as dark after you paint the whole wall. Be brave!

I also like 22, 25 and 26.

I would choose one of the lighter, softer greens. I don't think the darker colors would look disastrous, but to my eye, they feel sort of heavy and unrelated.

I still really really like 19 especially after seeing the color for your keeping room. The dark tiles in your backsplash are brown (it seems to me, anyways) so I love the subtle contrast of the green.