I think the term you mean is Light Reflectance Value (LRV). I have SW and BM fan decks, and see that Trusty Tan has an LRV of 37. Revere Pewter's LRV is 52.3, and Edgecomb Gray's is 64.6. The higher the LRV, the more light is reflected off the wall. I have linked an online article about LRV written by 'funcolors' who often posts on this board. Here is a link that might be useful: LRV - Light Reflectance Value of Paint

Patty cakes, Do you think that med. grey small lumbar pillows on the leather chairs would get 'lost'? I saw 2 on sale at JCP yesterday and almost got them but then thought that they might be too dark. IKEA has some nice charcoal throws but I really think that I'd like to try my hand at sewing a few. I get what you mean about not adding a 'color' to the rm. and I agree. I have checked out grey curtains but I have this weird fanatical thing about all of my curtains matching if they can be seen from another rm.! Will check out Parma's sexy rm! Jacy - That's exactly how RP looks w/ my white trim! I have a sickness you know. A paint sickness. I admit that I have a sample of PD. In my house it got a bit too purpley for me. There's an excellent episode of Find Your Style where they did a rm. in Hot Spring Stones (1 up from PD) and the accent wall PD. The accent colors were Silver Sage. It was beautiful! I saved that episode for a very longtime. There was also a woman who used to post here who did her bedroom exactly the way your thinking. Her sign on was Girlwithaspirin. Maybe you can do a google search and a pic will come up somewhere. Caroleoh - Yep - that's the rm. that was BT! It's such a small room that there are only so many angles that I can get pics of. I highly recommend BT!!!! Truly if I'd hadn't begun painting the rest of my downstairs such neutral but rich colors I would never have parted ways w/ BT but I just felt that it wasn't working w/ the whole overall concept that I was going w/ and that I really, really like alot. I can't wait to post finished pics of the downstairs. And I mean finished pics! 3 more pairs of curtains to buy (3 more to glue pom-poms on too), get DH to hang the DR chandelier - and maybe, just maybe, if my decorating piggy bank has enough money - get my big black and white print for the hallway.

Benjamin Moore has certain good stand by colors that are not too soft, not too bold and not too garish that work amazing for a wall color. Yet other factors play into the choice such as is there existing furniture pieces the wall color must work with? How does the color fit with the bones and style of the house? Is it the right direction for your personal look and feel? Is it a happy color for you? - after all you will be surrounded by it every day. Also importantly is every home location has a different quality natural light and it impacts the wall color. After all my years this never fails to amaze me. I have the same color in most of the rooms of my home. It looks like a white with beige under tones on the north side of my first floor and a pale rose color on the top south side of my second floor. One would swear they could to be the same color. Hence large samples or painting a patch to see if it works for you is important. Sorry there is no easy answer ; - )

Yes, did most of my house with it recently. Everyone loves it