You can usually find color consultant names at your local paint stores.

Can you show us any photos of the interior and what colors you like, is your furniture modern, traditional, etc.?

I found a local designer on Houzz. She came to the house for 2 hours and helped me finalize finishes and paint colors for my remodel. $500 in high cost of living area, worth every penny.

That is wonderful Callgirl, I'd love to see the end results.

Rashmi, I'll PM you if you set up messaging.

Click "Your Houzz" at top right, then "Edit Profile", then "Advanced Settings"

Go down to "Who can message me" to "Allow anyone to message me"

Also, designer Laurel Bern, who has a blog, has some very good posts on various colors; she prefers Benjamin Moore. Her archive of posts on interior paint colors is here,

https://laurelberninteriors.com/category/interior-paint-colors/

That said, a lot of selecting the right paint is choosing what works well in your rooms with the specific light, not just exposure but also geographical area. And also your furnishings. Which is why it's helpful to use something a lot bigger than a little paint chip (like a big piece of poster board), against a white background, and at various times of day when the light is different, and on overcast days as well as sunny days.

Good luck!

PS just did a Google search on interior paint color consultants in SF bay area and this came up from Yelp,

https://www.yelp.com/biz/angelisse-karol-color-and-design-oakland

Thanks guys. I'm not taking any new clients right now. I know Amy Woolf is (last I heard). Also, Twyla Gurlea, http://colorviewconsulting.com/ . Twyla's approach to color is similar to mine. The art and science of color. Color strategy based on data, etc.

Here's the kitchen. She didn't pick the floor, that was matched to existing--it's quite red! I had decided two tone cabinets and white subway tile, she helped me pick the specific cabinet colors, tile, counter, and wall color. Walls are Edgecomb Gray

Here's the bathroom. I had decided wood vanity and white tiles--she helped me pick which tiles, cabinet stain, and paint color (BM Healing Aloe)

She recommended paint colors for my 2 bedrooms as well, but I ended up diverging slightly. I wanted to paint my bedroom very dark almost black; she recommended a medium green, and I ended up doing Newburg Green. For the guest room, she recommended Edgecomb Gray again and I did Revere Pewter (I know, I'm a daredevil).

I had a pretty good vision of what I wanted, so didn't get a ton of creative input from her (rooms actually came out fairly close to my inspiration pics). For me, I was spending so much $$$ on the remodel, especially on permanent fixtures (cabinet, tile, counter), that $500 was worth the peace of mind that I was making the right decisions.

A lot of white, yet still warm. Nicely balanced. Great job!

That was a smart move, you will have a beautiful home and one where you love the colors.

caligirl you just made my morning! both with your pics that as you know I love..and the daredevil remark..))

Okay, I'll do the mea cukpa for me, and for Patricia. But honestly....... some mornings I read these, and I think I'm reading my sisters emails. They make as much sense - as if she thinks I am right there and we already had some forty minute conversation over a cuppa Joe.

" I am looking for color consulting in ________" ( location.)

I have a big new empty apartment, I need to paint, I have no clue" Here are some pictures" I love/hate___________"

"Sleepless over paint in Seattle.....!!!!!!!!!!!"

In other words, throw us a bone and a clue : ) Because color is personal, light and furnishings dependent....and is best chosen on site / very locally.

Jan and Patricia, I think that's very gracious. Truly, if people are looking for a local color consultant, then the least they can do in their first post is note the nearest major city, or at least state or province.

This does seem akin to the posts asking for help with a room, and then not posting any photographs of the room, or a room plan. Or mentioning just what furniture the poster owns. That does seem to require Kreskin skills as well as design skills.

I'm not judging. I've felt the frustration from some of the cryptic posts. And I've had a few laughs from them too. But unless I'm in a really snippy mood, I manage to just not comment if I don't have something constructive to add. I also drop out of posts where a "designer" with questionable taste monopolizes the poster into a one on one tutorial on how to arrange their shelves. Life is too short.