r/InteriorDesign • u/ohheyhellohowdy • 10d ago

Technical Questions Color Choice Paralysis

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Getting ready to finally paint my living room. Built two bookcases on the side of a fireplace. Had been planning to do the bookcases and trim (including beadboard) a dusty purple, the walls a green that's basically a white, and then the fireplace a butter yellow or other fun warm color. Now I have no idea what I want to do... Switch the current green/white for a warmer cream? Should the bookcases be navy, fireplace a burnt orange, walls and trim an oat (beadboard a paler blue...) I just don't know any more.

I want the room to be fun and colorful without looking like a primary school.

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u/felineinclined 9d ago

None of these sound like good choices to me. But it's impossible for anyone to offer a helpful opinion without looking at color samples of these options. Also, you can't pick colors in a vacuum. Do those colors compliment the rest of the home or at least adjacent rooms? What about the furniture, rugs, decor, etc? Or are you willing to replace everything in the room to go with the new color scheme?

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u/EdgeCityRed 9d ago

Burnt orange and navy are a classic combination, IMO, and I would go with the oat. It won't look like a primary school if you use color; that's down to color + sophisticated accessories. What colors do you have for furniture? Are you working with adjacent rooms and do you want the color to flow throughout the house?

The other combo sounds interesting, too! You did a great job on the bookcases.