Following my dad's advice (he's an old hardware man who's done his share of mixing paint), I bought some black, oil-based paint and started mixing little bits at a time into a small amount of the burgundy. As I added black, I painted patches onto my test board...from the bright to darker. About the time it was done and dry, I also came across a sample of Ralph Lauren's Picture Gallery Red. I would never have guessed from the little square, but when matched up, it seemed to match one of my favorite darkened patches. So today I took the paint chip, had it color matched, and made into Satin Impervo. The first coat looks quite promising. (I don't have the can in front of me, but the mix was mostly magenta, some black, some red oxide, and some kind of white...I argued against the white, but the mixing guy insisted it was needed for balance and wouldn't muddy the color, as I feared. He was right.) Thanks for your time and help.

It's hard to know the true colors, looking at them as a company presents them on its website. I can say that I prefer Monorail Silver, from what I see; but only you can see this or that color in your space, with your light. I presume you tried the samples? If yes, which one you love more? If no-try the samples in your bathroom first. That's the surest way to see the representation of color. If you do the crown molding-I'd keep the ceiling the same color as the crown molding. If you weren't-I'd advice on Ice Cube, or some lighter version of your wall color. With standard/lower ceiling, you either want the less contrast with the wall as possible-or visual illusion that the ceiling is higher, by working with trim as if it was continuation of the ceiling. There might be more tricks, so I'm sharing just my limited experience. You wrote the painting starts on Monday, and today's Monday, so you already probably decided on something:) Sorry I didn't see the post... Now for the only thing that you didn't have to decide by today..orange/paprika won't clash with the blueish-grays..it will complement them. Meaning-both orange and blue gray will look really vivid on each other's background. You'll kinda underscore both these colors. Which might look really beautiful. Small spaces like bathrooms actually can carry a lot of colors-you don't spend there as much time as in bigger rooms, so you don't get tired. You are also actually using quite a restrained palette..I wouldn't worry about introducing orange, at all.

@Amy Molina thank you for advising. your color really is beautiful!!! i just selected last monday chestnut/classic. it did not appear to have any of that red orange showing through - just a nice neutral brown color. in my opinion, it is like a special walnut but greatly improved. special walnut was a yuck! color on my floor showing orange and the grains too bold. classic gray is the ticket to modernize a color if looking for a brown. its just finding the right brown that is tricky. now i am just hoping i selected a dark enough brown - yoir looks great! they come and do ours tomorrow in the official color.

Here are some slivers of Classic Grey in my nearly finished kitchen. I painted my whole house with it as my “back-up color”because all of the other gray paints I tried came out different than expected. I’m so glad I did because I really love it. It’s contemporary but not too cold, light but not harsh. You’ll see that near the floor it has more of a beige cast because it’s picking up the oak tones. So do consider it in the context of your floors and furnishings.