Is this posted in the wrong forum?

I think everyone is watching the super bowl? Can’t help with living room color without seeing the room and the furniture. Also, kitchen photo is a bit dark, and hard to see the actual color of the counter.

The top picture shows the countertop better. The second picture which is dark was to show the area that is adjacent to the tile. Thanks.

I,m not sure about the orange color, but would entertain a muted blue-green instead. Look at BM Wythe Blue which would look lovely with the backsplash tile and your warm yellow toned cabinets. For a taupe color in the adjoin room, try BM Bennington Tan or Grant beige. you do not want a beige that leans pink, which will clash with the cabinets. There are a lot of paint colors out there. Good luck! Love the kitchen!

Could you post some more pictures, of the kitchen and also the living room and dining room, and perhaps a floor plan to show how they all relate?

Here are additional pictures. This is a 1960s ranch. Front door into the liIvNg room with dining area at the end and to the right of the dining area is the kitchen. Basically an L shape with the kitchen being the short part of the L. The frig is not in place since i still have to paint, ugly light fixtures/fans will be replaced and all the kitties and dog will remain. Thanks!

iris, do I see correctly that there are two different types of wood flooring?

What surface exactly do you want to paint orange? The wall around the double doors, with the framed rooster print and the little table?

I like color more than most, especially in these forums : ) , but I would be careful introducing orange with the color of your cabinets, flooring, and furniture. I think it might make your kitchen cabinets look more yellow, and the majority of the flooring and your furniture look more orange.

You could also trying posting over in the kitchen forum for more eyes.

Yes the flooring is different. The kitchen has the allure laminate flooring which replaced a tile that I didn’t care for. The rest of the house has hardwood floors. Yes, the wall with the pantry was what I was thinking to paint sw outgoing orange. But yes, that may not work with the wood, etc. i’m Having a difficult time with a blue/green that will work with the tile. Also, should I use that same color for the entire space? That might be more cohesive.

This is the wall that continues from kitchen into dining area. The crazy door goes onto the laundry room. The double door wall,pantry, is the wall that I had considered painting an orange color that would go with the teal-but maybe not.

My 3dogs-I love those colors and that pic, along with another on houzz, is what inspired me to want an orange wall in the kitchen-not considering the color of the cabinets, etc.

It looks like your dining area may have already been painted a different color. Is that correct or is the lighting that different? Or is that the prior color?

Painting an orange on the kitchen sink wall will emphasize the choppiness and lack of symmetry on that wall. That's only a good thing if you want to create a patchwork or strong color block look -- in which case you need to embrace that bold design throughout. I'm concerned that your room is a bit narrow and the angled wall brings it in further --- going bold with colors could accentuate that and make the room seem even smaller. You can't eliminate the choppiness, but you can soften it by working with a paint that has similar tones as the elements on that wall -- that gives you something tone on tone with the tile, which was suggested above with Wyeth blue, or tone on tone with the cabinets.

I know the darker colors because we used one of them on a front door (looked great BTW), but look at the color strips for SW Gale Force, Moscow Midnight and similar shades. Blustery Sky and Debonair are looking good with the tile on my monitor -- you could go as dark as Waterloo. I would consider something like that or possibly a shade lighter on the sink wall and the wall behind the stove all the way down the dining area, a lighter shade like Mountain Air or Nuance on the opposite wall (pantry doors to LR) and then something like Kestrel White in your LR. They show a Coral Clay with those colors, but I would bring something like that in with some accessories -- a throw, another pillow, a rug, a bowl on the DR table. If you like a lighter look, try Mountain Air for the kitchen and DR and something like Nuance or Kestrel White in the LR. I would also consider some open shelves on the right to help balance the cabinets on the left. That would also give you a place to add some white and orange pottery for color.

Hope that helps. If not -- the price was right. LOL

My3dogs is faster than I am -- or has fewer distractions. LOL We are thinking along the same lines, but the colors I mentioned are a bit more muted -- and I think they will work with that tile well. At least you have several possibilities to check out. But I would not paint the pantry a strong opposing color -- it will close in.

The paint color, agreeable grey, is the same thru out the house. I’m looking at all the colors suggested and thanks so much for the suggestions. I agree on the orange not being a good idea. Thanks for pointing that out.

Gale force and Moscow midnight are very dark to me. Waterloo, blustery sky and debonair look good with the tile, but Waterloo might be too dark. I’ll run get samples of these colors, long with Wyeth blue, which is pretty. Not sure about the mountain air-i’m Not a fan of the light blues. Yes, I left the space empty next to the sink to put a couple of shelves. Thanks!!!

Outgoing Orange is much lighter than the name makes it sound. It's a very pretty color.

Iris, where would you stop whatever color you use in the kitchen, since it flows right into the other rooms on the wall that has the laundry room door?

Are your counter tops a very dark gray/almost black?

Paint the doors Semi GLOSS Agreeable Gray and the wall part Agreeable gray in the same sheen as your other walls. It's not nessesary to create a distraction there.

Excuse the mess, I'm painting baseboards and trying to keep the dogs off.

Can't see the shine well on the first photo but can on the 2nd

Orange is a good compliment to your colors, just not in a good location on that wall.

I have Agreeable Gray in my FR, but we did it at 150%. Looks different in my room, but it goes great with blue-greys and should go great with the slightly more green ones you have too. I agree -- the Gale Force and Moscow Midnight are not the colors I would use, but they were the names I knew to get you looking at the related colors. Blustery Sky and Debonair would be where I would start. If you don't like the lighter colors, stay with your Agreeable Gray on the other walls (like the door painted in the same color semi gloss). If you want to use something like Outgoing Orange or the Coral Reef, the trick will be figuring out placement -- where to start and stop. I think you would need a rug if you used it in the LR. You have a good color idea working -- just keep playing with the pieces until you figure out the fit.

Irismead, if you are tired of the gray check out Sherwin Williams Sea Salt. It would be so pretty with your kitchen, tile and flooring. You could do some coral-y orange or the right shade of pale Dijon for accessories with some of the teal you already have. Very pretty!