I think any shade of gray will be too cold against your warm, vibrant orange/rust/terracotta fabrics, rug and floors. Perhaps a sage green would update the space.

No, no, no...delete this post and go back to your original. We get it with the added photo of your living room. You have posted, AGAIN, your inlaws' living room. And @fraker misunderstands and is advising without the proper information.

Multiple posts by one person on the SAME ISSUE get very confusing.

They ”float apart” quickly on these very active forums, and a person might see Post #3 and not realize there are closely-related Posts #1, 2, and 4 already out there. Post #1 may be on page 2, Post #2 on page 1, and Post #4 on page 5. Too confusing.

Yes but my first post was about an accent wall or no accent wall. I didn’t realize I couldn’t delete posts. I just want to know which gray looks best.

@Zoe Schonfeld I agree you should not add posts on the same topic, but you did, so one way to make sure you see all responses is to tag you with the @ sign.

Anyway… Your furniture is a very bright red orange. I take it that the yellow room was your parents'? And you are putting the sofas in your home now. Maybe you have seen pictures of orange and grey that you liked and are trying to recreate that. I have seen pictures like that with a lighter duller orange. I don't think you are going to be as happy with it. I also at first thought of blue but an almost black blue like SW Outer Space. Then I remembered some rooms I had seen that rocked orange and a dark brownish red-orange. Most of those rooms combined a dark wood or cordovan leather with orange walls though. I am posting pictures so you can see the possible effects. I am suggesting a monochromatic color scheme…sort of. The color of wood floor is begging to help with this. Maybe you have some dark wood occasional tables or a chest of drawers? Or some gold/brass and glass tables would be awesome. Brass lamps and light switches? Gold brass access, dark wood furniture. Your art piece is perfect for this idea. Are you also inheriting the rug? It would work too. Try some dark orange-red-brown paint colors. The texture of your sofas will really make the room catch fire. I would love to see you rock this.

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@Zoe Schonfeld on another post I saw a paint color in the approximate range I was thinking of for your space and inherited sofas. It was SW Flower Pot. Fired Brick and Fireweed are darker, and the latter a bit more red.

Also vote NO to any grey. Work with the rug colors.

Of you

Of your three choices kendall charcoal would be best IMHO. It looks to have some brown in it which I think you need with the red/orange of your furniture. It is only paint so it can be redone if you don't like it.

I don’t think the orange tones would look good, I’m all for orange but in a bright room it would make me feel overwhelmed. There is very light gray in the rug but hard to tell in picture.,, kind of looks like wheat. I was looking at deep royal by Benjamin Moore

Haha, OK, @Zoe Schonfeld, it WAS a pretty bold idea to go dark dull orange, but I figured you must be cool with it since the sofas are pretty orange. I'm going to toss out a couple more non-grey options just to make sure you are really comfortable with whatever you choose. If a dark orange is too bold, what about a dark brown like SW Bird House? If dark brown is too dark, what about a cream?

So, you are confirming the rug is coming too? And is it Benjamin Moore that the contractor prefers?

Yes, we will get the rug. I stick with Benjamin Moore paints

I don’t care for cream color. I was looking at cocoa brown, navy or a deep royal and then the Kendall charcoal since it has brown undertones especially in the room. I even thought maybe having Kendall charcoal and using deep royal blue as a navy accent.

I’m also putting up A LOT of art pieces In this room. So I didn’t want the art to get lost with the paint on the wall. Most of my house like the foyer and hallway are in chantilly lace since I put up so much art.

I think the kendall charcoal, will look good in there. If you like black brown, then Sherwin williams black fox is gorgeous. You may want to take a look at that.

I really like that idea. Will look at that one on the wall

@KL I do appreciate the ideas

What do you guys think of black fox?

Or midsummer night

Or dragons breath?

@Zoe Schonfeld finding the right color for art is thrilling. I find myself doing that recently for favorite pieces. Mine are not valuable or anything but they speak to me.  I find the least useful wall color for showing off art is white or any near-white. They usually draw attention to the matting or frame. I love a wall color that sucks me into the art.

I like the idea of a dark brown with your inherited furnishings. Do I see a dark brown in the area rug? Or is that black? I like your more recent colors of brown grey and very dark like a brown black. What gloss level are you thinking for wall paint?  Matte or eggshell? Sometimes the darker colors seem to have more depth with a little more gloss than usually used for a specific application. Will you use the same color in a higher gloss for the window and door trim, or will you choose contrast as in some of your photos? A near white with blue undertones? I like your idea of accesorizing with a little deep cobalt blue. Have you any blue pottery?

The photo you posted from House Beautiful showed how a dark brown grey could work with orange and blue. Have you taken the photo of the room in yellow and colorized it on the BM website? What occasional tables were you considering?

Yes the rug has a dark and light brown in it. The sheen I was thinking of using for the walls is eggshell(I have toddlers), and the sheen for Moulding and trim is in semi gloss of a neutral white(super white) and flat white for the ceiling. I was going to get dark blue and goldish yellow pottery for my plants.

@Zoe Schonfeld all that sounds good. How are you feeling about dark brown grey today? I'm looking forward to seeing the finished room. What are you doing for window treatments?

For the windows I have drapes that match the couch pillows(in the picture with yellow room). But I plan on getting motorized white blinds since I’m putting them up constantly during the day

 How about the coffee table and two yellow chairs? Will those be coming too? Well, I look forward to seeing this all come together. It should be stunning.

Yep, coffee table and the chairs will also be included.

@Zoe Schonfeld Cool! I look forward to seeing more dark grey-brown paint samples posted!

Here is a close up of the rug. The lightest color is the Kendall charcoal, next to it is black fox. The single one is midsummer night.

There is light gray in the rug

@Zoe Schonfeld I think the most logical path for four now is to put the furnishings in the room, all of it, and even hang the art.  Then take pictures and go to a paint store website where you can visualize different colors on your walls and trim, and ceilings. Try colors (grey, grey brown, whatever, even some crazy colors). Decide which affords the "feel" you want. Go to the paint store for small samples. Get Sampelize versions of your favorites. Then decide. I would enjoy the process with you.