Any light wall color is best. Consider adding some ceiling hall lights. We have a long entry hallway that leads into our kitchen. I have 2 ceiling lights in that hallway to add brightness when needed. I painted our whole interior house in antique white; I love light and bright!

If you cannot add a second light installed replace current fixture with a clear glass fixture, or a fixture that is slightly longer yet still close to the ceiling. I absolutely love the light fixtures I’ve found through Houzz. Remember to leave ample clearance from bottom measurement of light fixture when installed and door frames.

A dark hallway needs electricity for ANY color. The rest of the walls must be considered, and where any color begins or ends. Light fixture, recessed, lamps, etc.....

Even a door change to full glass, but at night? You still need ELECTRICITY. !!

What am I missing here? I don’t see where the OP doesn’t have electricity. She said ”natural” light.

Tara, can you post a picture(s)? Hard to say without any real context.

I find light color paints in rooms with no natural light drearier than dark paints.

I like these

Verses this, which looks dreary and almost dirty too my eyes

This article has some specific suggestions:

https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/the-3-best-not-boring-paint-colours-to-brighten-up-a-dark-hallway/

She has "Natural " light from the entry door. Nobody has natural light in the dark of night .......the answer to dim spaces is always more artificial light and paint alone, is not the salvo. You can end up with a still dim............... dreary. Just saying......: )

Where did she say anything about her entry door?

JAN, are you confusing the OP Tara and the first poster kculbers? The OP Tara said they have no natural light and did not say what they had for electric lighting. The first poster kculbers is the one who posted having an entry door. Kculbers also appears to have electricty and a light in their hallway by the looks of their pics.

Who cares she wants a hallway that is brighter and that comes with lighting first no amount of paint will replace good lighting to brighten up a space . Like myself I think Jan probably thought the first pics were of the OPs space . We do need pics of the OPs space actually and IMO any Beige is proably a no go if you want bright.

The attached article is pretty comprehensive, covering the importance of paint’s LRV level, trim and wall color suggestions, and lighting. https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/the-3-best-not-boring-paint-colours-to-brighten-up-a-dark-hallway/

Other ideas: a large mirror, leave doors to adjoining rooms open (if any), flooring has a big influence and if dark add a runner, paint doors white if they are dark. If structurally possible and budget permitting, add a skylight or solar tube.

I think Accessible Beige would look dreary in a dark hallway. If you decide to go lighter, how about SW Alabaster? Or a pale yellow if that works with the rest of the house - Pale Moon?

Can you,the OP, post a pic? It really depends on the whole context here. What spaces are coming off this hall? What does it connect? Style of house? As a general rule, I find most hallways a missed opportunity and deadly dull.

No one can suggest a color without seeing the colors surrounding the hallway. What color are your floors? Or doors in the hallway? Post some photos of your actual space.

what's above the hall ceiling? an attic.. or just the roof? hallways are perfect candidates for solar tubes or skylights.

kculbers - Is your color a Sherwin Williams Antique White? Looks a bit different than the SW Antique White that I have seen, but perhaps it your trim color that is throwing me off. What color is your trim? And are your ceilings also Antique White?

Tara Brownell Wallace - We would love to see your spaces!