You have to specifically select an LED bulb that provides the correct color for your room. I don't see any downlights in your photo to comment correctly on this situation.

I do know that the golden paint on the walls doesn't work with the granite floor.surface-mounted

That one surface mounted fixture is sized too small for your foyer and doesn't contribute much to the overall appearance of the room

Thank you for the suggestions! The granite is more brown than black. I will post more pictures when I can.

First what are your LED bulbs they look like 5000K. I use 4000K all over my house and they have no wash out effect on either my N. or S. wall and art. As for color we need to see more of the spaces next to the entry and I see no pot lights so whaere are they. You have avery shiny floor so adding a rug could help for sure . Maybe a fake sisal I would probably not add too much pattern .

Here are some photos I have on my phone. There are 3 pot lights. One above the side board. One angled above the closet door and one down the hall. The paint color in some of the photos look different because at one point I added more yellow to tone down the pink color, but I think generally the pinky beige looked better. I need more depth in the paint.

The paint color goes up to the second floor, so I need a color that is generally in the same family

Adjacent room when you wall in to the left is edgecomb gray. we have lots of lamps, because no pleasing light due to one bay window and northern light only. I am not changing this room right now.

The pot lights are tuned to 3,000. I was thinking of tuning them to 2,700 if the paint color ends up leaning cooler than what i have now. The pot lights are harsh, but are dimmable.

Paint colors I have tried…. BM navajo white, BM devon cream, BM sandy shores, BM elephant tusk. SW Casa Blanca. None of these have enough depth. SW casa blanca actually looks blue on my wall. Very odd.

I like the area with the sideboard and would like to repeat something like this on the front wall. It’s such a blank slate. The granite floors and adajcent elephant photo are bossy, so I have been having trouble finding a rug that compliments the 2.

Your rooms are beautiful. Please clarify what you mean by depth in the paint. Do you want more color? Less sheen? A darker color?

Start with the advice of changing lightbulbs in all lamps to warm spectrum. Change out ceiling light fixture to semi-opaque so light doesn't bounce around. (Kendrah's ceiling fixture is ideal.) Don't overlook a beautiful Noguchi style paper floor lamp with a warm led light for evening.

Go back to Edgecomb Gray so you have continuity of color from other spaces. (For next time, get an even warmer grayish/beige paint so you get some gold in there.) Then get a large foyer rug in this palette--something with gold and ivory, not necessarily this rug but this palette. This picks up the gold in your flooring and helps cut down on some of the floor glare, which is what's giving you harsh lighting. You can see in your daylight photos that the floor is doubling that northern light through the glass door. Right away, a good sized rug will cover that glare.

Jaipur Living Petal Pusher Handmade Floral Multicolor/White Area Rug, 9'x12' · More Info

Consider getting stair runner in same palette as above, ivory, gold, maybe some black. Add an artwork and a cute dog!

I think you're trying to solve with wall paint something that can be adjusted with lighting changes and the addition of the right rugs. (Tip: If you order rug online, get smallest size then return it for larger if it works. You also want somethingwith fairly flat pile for entryway. Consider a big round or big square rug for that space.) But start with lightbulbs.

I would look at something like BM Muslin. I used it in my first house way back when, which had a similar floor in the foyer.

https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/quick-paint-colour-review-benjamin-moore-muslin-oc-12/

Depth meaning more chroma.. I think? The pastel paints don’t seem to have enough body. The colors are just washed out many times of the day and everything becomes blinding. There are a lot of lights to help brighten the space…lamps, art niches, but the space is not soft and inviting to me. I know a rug will definitely help! I think there isn’t enough for my eye to focus on when I enter the house.

Need more contrast

Thanks for info. If you think the floor reflections are causing glare, adding a couple of large rugs (one for entry, one for hallway) that go nearly wall to wall would reduce glare. Then you can pick up one of the dominant rug colors for the walls.

Another step to mitigate glare is to choose a frosted glass in your chandelier with light bulbs hidden behind the glass, as suggested above.

It sounds like you have programmable light bulbs. You can change the color temperature with the seasons. Some systems can be programmed with different color temperatures at different times of day. There's lots of material online about the color temperature of skylight in various directions, ranging from easy to highly technical.

Not just "a rug", Haley but lightbulb change per Patricia Colwell and others who know a lot about lighting.

Rug should be large. In your photo, look how huge a reflection of northern light is shining on your floor during the day. A rug will entirely eliminate that double glare.

Don't get hung up on paint until you make some of the important changes that have been suggested. Or, if you don't like the suggestions and really believe wall paint will change everything, then hire a color consulant instead of asking Houzz for paint suggestions. That's very hard to do since we're only going by photos. You have glare from the floor bigtime. Just added: shiny surface glare + reflection of outside northern light on the floor according to your photo.

Very good points! Thanks for all of the suggestions.

I am going to start with a much larger plant and pot in the corner like Beverly suggested and also order this rug or one similar. I tuned my led’s to 2700 and it looked awful. Probably because the paint is already warm. I have been going down a rabbit hole, so I will start with these simple changes, but I think it will make a huge impact. I really appreciate the advice from everyone!

Please post an update when you are ready.

I ordered the rug, but it won’t be in until next week. I would like a couple more options to consider. As I mentioned, the granite floors and the elephant photo have to be taken into consideration, since they are very visually dominant.

Rug

The sideboard is actually a very dark blue. I have this gorgeous rug coming in on Wednesday. I really hope it works.

https://www.wayfair.com/rugs/pdp/astoria-grand-darshan-oriental-hand-knotted-wool-rustcharcoal-area-rug-w001971271.html?csnid=AA1B1549-F27D-488D-A5B7-633F218D62C5&_emr=bff7601f-f848-4d17-b241-17bd61e7e5c0&_eml=5e4f8312-6589-4b69-b146-724b7fc6d3a5&refid=EML_47475&source=graymatter

The first one arrived today and I love it!

I have a big fake palm coming later today. My local stores don’t have any majesty palms in stock yet

Major changes to report. I have retuned all rugs. Not working. I have primed all foyer walls. Looking for a cream neutral paint. I need to complete this week. I will try BM Navajo White again. Someone suggested SW Alabaster. I have to cut in by the stairs, so it needs to compliment a color with a yellow/ orange base, but to Beverly’s point the current color is just not working for me. Looking to tone down the golden tones, but keep the warmth. I will welcome and appreciate all suggestions.

I am also willing to think outside of cream s and go with something else entirely

I’m trying to post photos of my style, but Houzz is not letting me

I can’t find a paint color that comes close to matching this. This is the paint color that both BM and SW tried to match for my downstairs foyer, but hasn’t come very close. Any suggestions?