We've had a similar experience with those coulours.

Ended up with BM Classic Gray. It looks stunning in the east-facing room with a lot of natural light. In our west-facing room looks good too but it gets a bit washed out by the light in the afternoon. But still very nice.

Are you seeing the color shift only in one/some of the rooms, depending on the direction of the light? If so, do the rooms all have to be the same color? If the rooms are separated, it will be easier to just choose different colors for each room. Any color will look different in different light (grays and greiges moreso than more saturated colors), so the rooms won't necessarily look any more different with different colors than they would painted the same color.

Second, if you are going to add more lighting, you should do that BEFORE you choose a paint color, because, again, it can dramatically effect how the colors look.

Paints have three primary characteristics: Hue (whether it is red, yellow, etc.), saturation (how grayed-out it is, and how light it is (navy vs. baby blue). One option would be to look at colors that are lean more yellow and less red. Or you could look for a more saturated color (less gray). The Ballet White looks "unnoticeable" because it has a low saturation and is lighter than the others. With a higher saturation, you could go lighter and still be able to see the color.

The risk with any of these shifts is that the impact in the south-facing room will be different than in the north-facing one. So you may solve one problem and create another.

I see these colors come though in both the south facing and north & east light. The only difference is the south light washes them out a bit more. The reason I would like one color is because there is really no separation of the two rooms. However in the hallway and upstairs its completely different because the lighting is almost non existent which i understand and could make another color.

When you mention saturation...would this be something with lower LRV? I love the beigeness of the ballet white in the hallway just wanting a color that can do that on first floor.

I should add that the southfacing kitchen does have a small east window also so perhaps its not north or south its the east lighting causing the issue

When you mention saturation...would this be something with lower LRV?

No. Saturation (Chroma) is a separate color attribute -or part of color- than LRV.

LRV tells you how much light a color reflects regardless of whether there's a lot or a little daylight/artificial light.

Chroma tells you how grayed or colorful a color looks.

ok thank you...and how do I find that on a color strip?

It's not on a color strip. Paint manufacturers don't publish that information.

I have a 100 or so color notated here.

thank you SO much!!

Does this happen at night under artificial light ? Change with the time of day? The seasons?

natural light

North/east exposure loves yellow…light or darker yellow.

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Thank You Judy G - these yellows are not my style. I want a neutral beige. Yellow is too bold. The goldtone doesnt look bad but have seen pictures where it comes through too yellow

Try SW Accessible Beige- beige with gray undertone. I've got it in my NE mastersuite, with Eider white ceiling and one wall painted Fawn Brindle to add visual depth to the shallow room, not as an accent. The colors appear here as quite different, but the gray undertones blend them perfectly.

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I had a similar problem in my north and east facing family room. The color I chose, BM Pismo Dunes, looked purple. I had a really hard time trying to find a similar greige color but finally ended up with Plymouth Rock, also by BM. There is no more purple. I also painted the adjoining foyer (western exposure) and stair hall and don't get any purple. Good luck!

Don't rule out colors that are more yellow. If the "neutral beiges" you have been testing read purple, a color that looks too yellow on the card may look perfectly neutral in your space. Just saying, test them, don't assume.

Ben Moore Linen White works great in my north and east facing dining room. It is in the yellow family but not a saturated yellow. It warms up the room without reading yellow.

But as cawaps said, the only way to make sure you like the color is by testing it in your space, with your light.

I also tried balboa mist and had purple problems. Ended up with BM gray owl for my entire 1st floor. Love it and get many compliments on the color

The other thing that makes a difference is the current color on your walls! We used to have gold walls and everything read wrong. Use white printer paper next to the swatches to get a better read on the colors. We ended up with SW Elephant Grey and Skyline Steel to offset the purple/pinks from our mostly south and east lighting.

When I was looking for paint colors I noticed that Balboa Mist had a purple look to it. But Edgecomb Gray I saw yellow. I went through at least 25 samples and ended up choosing Agreeable Gray (this was for the whole house) and it looks different in every room because of lighting. I like the effect. It mostly looks somewhere between beige and gray but there are rooms I see a green tinge, or even blue. Lighting is everything and like someone else pointed out, if you're going to be changing your lighting, pick your paint afterward.

You are having trouble choosing a paint color because of the natural light. Beige isn’t the best color to use with the orientation of the room. You can’t just throw up any color you like from a color fan and expect it to look the same with north/east light. The other color which works with both east and north is anything with a lilac base.

B.M. Cement Gray …just try it in the room…make sure to apply two coats and let it dry before you nix it. Betting you love it.

Neutral colors are a mix of different colors, so depending on what you have next to your neutral the neutral color appears to pink or blue or green or yellow.

It really isn't a foreign concept to most women, we just haven't thought about paint color the same way we look at makeup and clothing. My sister has an olive skin tone and medium brown hair, I have an ivory skin tone and dark hair and my sister in law has blond hair, blue eyes and a fair golden skin tone. We don't look good in the same colors.

Your home is full of colors. What looks good next to my purples and purple reds and smokey teals won't look good next to my sister's greens and golds and orange reds or next to my sister in law's cornflower blue, peach and butter yellows.

We each had to pick neutrals that went with the decor and flooring and woods that fill our home.

Can you imagine my purples, reds and teals with a moss green neutral a yellow tan or is it better with a taupe that has slightly purple undertones?

Below is a demonstration of how neutrals can look very different based on the colors around them.

Both sections have one color in the center of each block. It is the same color in each block all the way across the page, yet the color appears more pink or green or yellow or blue depending on the color next to it.

If edgecomb gray is picking up purple you probably have yellow undertones around it. Edgecomb gray is a pretty solid neutral with just a hair more pink and less green than revere pewter.

Baby Fawn or tapestry beige may work nicely - just a bit less pink/purple undertones and a hair more yellow.

I would recommend that you pick your flooring before picking the paint color because it could also change the perceived wall color.

If you can gather together samples of the colors that are staying and lay them out on a white sheet in natural daylight (I like to do this outside on a clear day) and look at a bunch of neutral swatches next to the colors you will start seeing the patterns. More yellow looks better or grayer looks better a little more green looks better.

As an update we went with Benjamin Moore Gentle Cream. Was the light tan color we were going for. Can only see the yellow come through a bit at night in our hallway with the light on but rest of the first floor looks great. Thank you all!!