Here is a larger sample of the fabric. Thank you so much. You guys are great! You have confirmed my fears. I just needed someone to tell me straight. I do believe I now have a solution though. The blue grey Persian style rug is perfect in a guest room that is painted in Ellen Kennon's Gustavian Grey. The room has no other patterns going on. I have moved the rug from that room to another guest room to replace a 5 x 8 heathered chenille jute rug in porcelain blue (see photo below) that I think goes very well with the fabric sample for the sitting/TV room. If the chenille jute rug is large enough for the sitting area I can go ahead and use the fabric in the sample for the drapes. It was necessary to make a decision as the seagrass furniture arrives on Thursday and it would be helpful to paint the room before then. If I do go ahead with the fabric in the sample I will be painting the room in Ellen's Mushroom as shown in my earlier post. Thank you all so much!

OK, I have the DNA of each color. They are very close, and it might surprise you what the numbers indicate. The main feature is the Hue Angle. Red Tulip has a Hue Angle of 27.8 or 28. That puts this color in the Warm Red family and leaning toward Yellow/Red family. (so more orange possibly depending on your light) It has an LRV of from 20.5-23 depending on the source I use. So intense and low on the "reflective light" spectrum. Spring Tulips has an LRV 20.2-23.7 again two different sources I used so also intense and non-reflective. It's Hue Angle is 21.8. So, it is almost dead on the center of the Red Hue family, slightly into the Warm segment and with this location, it will read most "red". If you look at the Color Strategist Wheel I posted above and look where 21 on the degrees at the edge of the Wheel shows at 15-18 approximately you would be in the Red/Purple-cool segment. So Spring Tulips will "read" less orange and more toward purple. Slightly, but that is the scientific difference. The Lightness factor and the Chroma factors are nearly the same. 55.4; 58 for Red Tulip and 55.8;59 for Spring Tulips. So the difference is in what Hue Family it falls into that will reveal itself once on the wall. Again, these notations are based on readings with a "approved D65*2" Illuminant. Now you know why people trained in this technology and science can pick colors without actually seeing the paint color or testing on site! Of course, color is all "perceived" light so each person sees color differently. Men in particular, tend to be more "color blind" than women based on studies. I often run into this with clients. Once I explain why this is so, they get a real sense of relief that it isn't a competition, but rather a "perception" issue.

Thanks!! Its been a long 10 month reno haha. The floors were my most nerve wracking thing and i’m so happy with this color. They are original 1922 red oak floors and were so orange when we bought it. Bona Warm Gray was perfect for us but i struggled big time picking!

"We want to be able to see the character in the wood." You will need to be more specific. You want to see natural color, grains, knots, mineral streaks, etc.? Is there a inspirational floor?