Here are a few photos of my house where I photoshopped a render/mockup of what the white walls could look like. FYI, the dining room windows with the black wood blinds will be replaced with white cellular shades (the dark blinds make it so dark in there). I am also playing around with the idea of doing Kendall Charcoal on the window trim, which you can see in the office render. I like the baseboards being the same white as the walls, but not sure about the windows, although the dark trim around the windows on every window might be a bit much. Any thoughts? Do you think white walls and white-on-white works for my flooring, etc?

You can compare them using their measurable colour attributes - see other examples at The Land of Color .com Many people will describe Pale Oak as a warm ’greige’ kind of colour. But worth noting, due-to its Hue Family location, (in close proximity to the Yellow-Red Hue Family) you may at times get a peachiness to Pale Oak. Also because of it’s location, near neutral colours from this neighbourhood can be prone to shifting purpleish in lighting which spikes more in the blue-violet wavelengths. You aren’t going to know how it will behave for you unless you test in your space. (2 coats x board so you may move them around into sunlight AND shadow.) Paper White is from the Green-Yellow Hue Family. Lots of people might desribe it just as a very light, ‘neutral’ grey. But because of its Hue Family you may get a few flashes of its inherent greenness in certain situations. (not every setting) Also very low Chroma, (near neutral) colours, from this Hue Family neighbourhood can be prone to colour shifting blue in imbalanced lighting. Again, to be sure of how it will behave in your setting, requires testing. But to get the ball rolling you can use the above infographics to answer these questions, Which is lighter? Which is darker? Which is more colourful? Which is more neutral? Which reflects more light? 🌈

I think it is quite lovely as is. It's hard to see the grasscloth ceiling in the photo, but I really like the contrast with the pale oak. I would also explore the next level up of pale oak to see what that would look like. I imagine if you went with the Alabaster that the ceiling might stand out more or draw the eye up, but goodness that would be a lot of white. A dilemma to consider is how to finish the archways where two different colors would meet.

Thanks, everyone. I just want a paint color like the first photo to freshen up the space, not too gray, not too creamy, not too dark, in order to tie everything together. I don't want to re-create the whole look. I have tried samples behind a lot of the art, but I can't tell what they'll actually look like because there's so much blue-green. I've hired three decorators for projects and they were very little help with wall colors. We lived overseas and brought back a lot of Asian antiques. Then we retired and combined two households keeping only our favorite pieces and replacing several rooms of furniture. After that, a lot of pieces no longer went with the 10-year-old coastal color scheme so I will end up re-upholstering quite a few pieces.