Help me pick paint colors

shortsweet&sassy

So now that we've been in our house a little over a month I think it's time we start thinking about painting the walls. I'm so bad at color choices. For the main living areas I want something neutral, on the lighter side but different. In the kids bathroom I want something that is cool but not too out there. In our room and bathroom I'm wanting something calming. Ready set go!

Shawnee11507

You have to be more specific- like "help me pick a green"

You can check out this site for color palettes. I like it. https://design-seeds.com/index.php/home/entry/beaded-tones1

In my living area I like a beige, taupe, gray, or victorian purple.

These colors appear more muted on my screen, but as some examples:

My last living room was "Haze" by Behr  https://www.myperfectcolor.com/en/color/33790_Behr-ICC-22-Haze and the one before that was "Majestic Mauve" by Benjamin Moore  https://www.myperfectcolor.com/en/color/3894_Benjamin-Moore-2115-60-Majestic-Mauve#prettyPhoto

I think I would do my next living room a cream color with green and turquoise accents or a gray (maybe Revere Pewter by Benjamin Moore) with purple and emerald accents. 

I like to paint my bedroom green because it is my favorite color. My bedroom is Dried Chervil by Behr  https://www.myperfectcolor.com/en/color/277559_Behr-ICC-105-Dried-Chervil

Our kitchen is small, so the exposed walls are a brick red color.

Do you have a theme for the bathroom or towels & shower curtain already picked?

shortsweet&sassy

Thanks for the website! For our living areas I'm thinking more grey but our counters have grey and tan in them, our floors are tan as well does that matter? For our bedroom I want a either a calm purple or maybe a calm yellow. The kids bathroom I don't have a theme I just want something fun!

Shawnee11507

I don't think it matters. I really like gray. It is a neutral.

How about one of these colors for the bathroom with a "sea" or "ocean" theme?

https://www.materials-world.com/paint-colors/valspar_lows_laura_ashley/valspar_lowes_tradition/valspar_lowes_tradition_26.htm

2chatter

Be super careful with yellows.  They are more yellow than you think.  Does that make sense?  test paint an area in the actual room.  My favorite yellow was a Benjamin Moore "morning sun" or something like that - it looked so pale on the card I almost thought it was white.  On the walls it was a creamy, yellow warm shade.

suitern

I have seen alot of grey colors lately! I think it is the new popular paint color right now for living rooms! I really like it, but unfortunately it wouldn't go with any of our furniture currently! When we move houses here in the next year hopefully, I am hoping we can do something with a bit of grey somewhere!

 

btartaroind

I love grey, but I also think it is a color that goes in and out of style... right now it is in. I have grey in our office and dining room (they share a wall). I don't think tan would be bad at all, as long as it is not the exact color of your flooring. I have a light tan we just painted in the living room, and our floors are a very light wood laminate. I made sure to just get something with a warm tone to it because our floors are warm toned.

We have blue in our bedroom and I love love love it. It goes really well with a lot of other accent colors. It is a little muted with a tiny hint of green, so it's not like baby blue. I would work with what you think would look bet with your furniture.

As for the kids rooms, I would go for something a little more bold, you can really have fun!

ETA: I also have green in my house, I love Earth tones, but am not afraid to pick bright ones. I think what might be a good idea for you since you are planning on painting multiple rooms is go to Home Depot or Lowes and get a color pamphlet. Where the paint samples are, they have pamphlets of maybe 3-7 colors that they think would go together. I think it would be better to pick a palette that goes in your whole house vs working room by room and hoping it flows.