One way to paint with resale in mind and still have color in rooms is to paint the most difficult ones in colors considered "acceptable" for your market and to reserve the color you want for easier-to-paint rooms. As an example, our master bedroom has a beamed ceiling, with the beams set into the walls. That means that there are three wall surfaces per beam requiring cutting in. Sixteen long beams, including one at each end of the room running across the length. This room had been an uninteresting white, and I redid it in a neutral mushroom color. For the cutting in required around the beams -- white to mushroom means two coats, so that worked out to the equivalent of 64 beams to meticulously paint around. Part of the wall in which five or six beams were set was on the other side of an open stairwell. So, regardless of what other colors I might conceivably have envisioned this room, there was no way it was going to be anything other than a classic, warm neutral! I do agree with posters who argue for painting for yourself. I knew within weeks of moving into our former house that it was a huge, huge mistake. Roughly 18 years later, we moved. The whole time, I lived with neutrals that weren't particularly interesting because every year I thought: THIS is the year in which we move. But are neutral rooms always necessary for resale? Someone bought an 18th C. stone house on the river with the intention of reselling. I saw it under its previous owner and was charmed by its quirks and character. The new owner has certainly improved it both structurally and mechanically, and floors are new, as is the paint job. Alas, there is absolutely no charm left. Every wall is an off white, all the trim is white...the owner may have thought potential buyers would easily envision their own things in these spaces, but I thought that every room required a new paint job. Isn't that back to square one? By contrast, one of the best real estate agents in the area lived near our former house. She sold her house very quickly. The outside was purple, with deep lavender trim. I recall a dark red room, or maybe it was orange. Another room was a bright green or bright blue....Granted, the town is one in which people want to live, not too many places come on the market, and the market itself was very different. But still...orange...blue...in fact, there may not have been a single neutral room in the place. I think the sunroom was a dark green. If you crave color but think you might want to move, just remember, too: with some exceptions, painting doesn't take very long.

I don't think Agreeable Gray is too brown next to Rainwashed; I was going to suggest Accessible Beige, which is actually a little bit browner. Since your current colors are all over the color wheel, I think anything you pick will work better with some and worse with others, but I don't think Agreeable or Accessible would look really bad with any of them.

Thank you all for the suggestions. I spent about 3 hours in the home during inspection, in the afternoon, a few weeks ago. I'm in Chicago, and, Blfenton, the lighting is exactly as you describe (maples, birch, ornamentals fall color). For that reason, and because of the exterior of the home, I'm hesitant to do warm yellow or other brown-based earth tones because the lot is deep but narrow, and there are trees on both sides. The feel of the house just lends itself to lighter colors. I won't be able to get back inside before closing because one of the current family members is immune-compromised, and showing the house was stressful enough for them. So I'm going to wait to decide on wall color until I move in, but Bbstx, Alabaster looks like a strong contender. I also need to see the trim color again. It was in good shape and mostly just needed touch-ups rather than total repainting, so I'll probably work around it. Yes, that wallpaper above is more green now that I look at it again. I may need to focus more on greens and blues. I like the idea of sage green, because it transitions among the seasons more, especially during the holidays. Thanks for all the good wishes. I know this year has been so difficult for so many, and I'm fortunate to have this diversion.

Go-eth? I mean, I’m not a stickler for following authentic language pronunciations of names, but ”Go-eth”? as in pride before a fall? unto Egypt? Whither thou, I will go also? I AM a stickler for informed quotations. It kind of made me question her expertise and authority in dicsussing this matter. Brick versus concrete. I hadn’t thought of that. My great-grandfather came her as a mason, stqrted a construction company, and by the third generation they were still general contractors but with an expertise in concrete work. Did GGF do himself out of a trade? Marbles. When I visited the Met for the first time a few years ago, my guide docent did show us some ancient painted marbles, only traces of pigment remaining. It’s pretty cool to imagine what they might have looked like way back when. Neutrals.The other day I pulled out of a parking lot, at that magical hour when it is dusk, lights are on inside, but people haven’t drawn the shades yet. The house across street had two windows facing out, and each window had a lamp with a red shade. Enchanting. As I drove theough the neighborhood, I snooped I mean couldn’t help but notice interiors. Some walls in neutrals, and some in color, so inviting to my eye. (And, I saw a good share of tvs over fireplaces: oh, boy, they sure are visible to everyobdy and their neighbor. ) i think there is always a place for neutrals, but with color layered with it. Here I sit with BM’s Quiet Moments, Hepplewhite Ivory, Manchester Tan, and a couple of blues and pinks and a yellow. I love color on the walls. And I wondered, especially after seeing those two charming red lamps, if what a room looks like from outside is ever one of thoughts for interior design?