We have a pretty open floor plan. Our living room is a burnt red/orange color and then our dining room, and our kitchen is a pale yellow. What color would you do the dining room if it were your room. It's currently a light orange/brown color that I loved until we painted the living room and I want to do a nice golden yellow in the kitchen to help brighten that room up I just dont like the dining room color anymore and I think I'll dislike it even more once the kitchen is painted.
Edited: the dining room is in between the living room and kitchen.
maybe a brown color? or maybe a khaki tan color since the other colors are a bit bold. You could also do a muted celery type green. a bit brighter than a sage green but not too bright.
I would look at the greens. Go to Home Depot and get some samples to tape to the wall and see which you like better.
I like the "guacamole" green option, but what about painting with kitchen color & sponging over (or other method, something that adds a "textured look)) with l/r color to blend it all in?
what about a lighter neutral to go in between those bright strong colors. Then your plates/decor can have a red/yellow pattern to help blend two area together.
I would do a nice chocolate brown to balance out the two stronger colors on either side.
Where is the dinning room in relationship to the Kitchen and living room...If it is close to eachother you will probably want to stay within the same color family...Love the burnt red/orange color and the idea of bright yellow for the kitchen sounds great.
Okay first off I like bright colors. I lived in rentals soo long with everything being shades of white, beige and gray, I need color. So I would look at a yellow/orange color so it blends with both rooms and then trim with the colors from the living room and kitchen.
However, I recently read an article that blue, subdues appitite and bright colors increase appitite. Red being the biggest appitite enhancer, look at how many food packages are red or have red in them. Chinese restaurants are often painted red. There is a reason for that ;-).
Hope this helps.
I would go with an off-white, or light tan..something neutral. Then you could have centerpieces that match the other two colors to bring them all together.
Ours is a lovely shade that's between a wine and cranberry color. It's deep, but not too dark and it reflects light well so it looks bright. It's a very welcoming color.
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Mint
taupe
Pumpkin
What about the same color as you are doing the kitchen in and trim in a design that matches the living room color.
I was thinking a light-medium blue. Blues look good with warm colors to brighten a space
Look at some taupes.
No idea. Totally depends on the tones & pigment richness. HOWEVER (or I wouldn't have opened my mouth ;)
Benjamin Moore, and some other paint sellers have online 'paint'... you photograph your rooms, and add paint by clicking to try out different schemes. LOVE that tool. They have preset rooms as well (just to get an idea of things) but I like the upload your own photos option) because that pulls in furniture, flooring, light, etc that can radically change the way a room looks.
Green. Our colors are the same, but in different rooms - our kitchen/dining area is green (realy natural forest type green), our living room is a pale yet sunny natural yellow color and our toy room (located adjacent to liv room) is terra cotta/burnt red.
I would choose green too
i would love to see samples of these colors, Can you go to the Benjamin moore or sherwin williams paint sites and give us the numbers of the colors you are talking about?
I have a terra cotta in my living room that is totally open into my bright cheery yellow kitchen and i need to do something too, someone suggested a gold but i can't visualize that in a kitchen with out thinking of the 1970's.
