your occasion is nature. so are the colors of nature or the colors of scenery in the end will be used for the north facing room. understanding the interpretation of all the colors on the color wheel and nature combined. knowing the base color undertones in paint which which happen to be your colors that don't work and knowing how the colors that don't work and why wrong colors don't achieve establish the best color and color outcomes of actual color. negative colors which and are used to create base colors for wall color to work as actual paint. knowing the rooms worst color is the hidden undertone within paint and later creates the perfect colors for the the north facing room. the north facing room enemy is violet, violet is entering as light appearing in the windows and darkening the rooms effect and it's glow is hiding the room's unknown beauty. so blues and greens disobey on walls but play an important role or part in art and color. these odd paint colors of blues and greens as wall paint that clash on walls later are the blue and green in nature and are the color keys to search for in color hiding in paints that said puts whites at they're best. these negative flat colors as keys for searching paints and paint colors that contain them and are useful and are the base colors in beautiful paint or beautiful rooms. using these horrid bases as color alone ruins the room but understanding how they work the way these bad colors work within colors are key to success for a north facing room. these horrid wrong blues grays and violets actually are the base colors that later on the walls become the perfect color for the north facing room. artists use theses horrid colors, colors that don't work as paint colors as your answer for the base color not a wall color but, base color only, which hide in paint and nature and worked together as paint. numerous colors of natures colors combined together form the perfect color for a north facing room. when these horrid wall colors are blended with combinations of color the color becomes the perfect color outcome or unknown color for the north facing room. love winter scenery ? vintage memories ? or winter art? these horrid stand alone colors for wall paint that annoy intensify the violets and don't work yet end up as base colors and hidden within paint are the true color within the color. later these hidden gem colors or base colors color bases work as color to blend decorating and paint together. by surprise like me, you'll find yourself pinning paintings and understudying paint galore;finally you'll be pinning colors like crazy unable to choose the perfect color because you'll find so many. like off whites and beautiful greens and grays. understanding outdoor nature color and base colors are the essential key. key to color works and creates the perfect room that color will encompass your home with warmth and connect your house cleanly while surrounding your house with art and home.. this and understanding violets being the issue and the violet the dominant invisible color of the north facing room. violet a key undertone in every and any form of color we see in nature an enemy and friend the violet light. happy, you'll love your north facing room.

What did you decide and how did it turn out? I am in a similar dilemma, but with Agreeable Gray in the well-lit open spaces. It looks so dingy and lifeless in the north-facing bedrooms. I'm leaning now towards just using dark and moody colors.

Jalarse, thanks for the input. Great minds … ! Anyone else’s thoughts are greatly appreciated as well. That color looks gorgeous in your bedroom! In fact, that is the sample color I have on the bath wall in the photo. The photo happens to be at night which isn’t fair to the sample in that room which has all white everything and a large window.

My open concept living room-dining area-kitchen faces north (that's where the major view is). When I bought the house, that entire area was painted in a medium dark color along with a very dark wood floor. The kitchen cabinets were dark oak and appliances were black. When I remodeled, I went with a light porcelain floor tile throughout, light maple cabinets, stainless steel appliances and light colored walls in a satin finish. The popcorn ceilings were stripped and painted flat white. This helped immensely to brighten the space, especially the living room and dining area. It was sufficient for these areas since the living room has a wall of windows and the small dining area has a patio door which takes up most of the outside wall. There is no need to have the lights on continuously. The kitchen was a different story. While the lighter finishes helped, there's only one small window above the sink. A bedroom above the kitchen precludes adding a skylight or solar tube. Even though I don't care for nor require operating room light levels, the solution was, as Jan Moyer suggests below, electricity. Working with my electrician, we decided on some well placed recessed lights. I'm not a big fan of swiss cheese ceilings but the recessed lights were the best solution. The can lights are usually on from morning to bed time except when there's no one in the house. Being LEDs, my electric bill is still reasonable.