What color should I paint my Walls if my carpet is the color Royal Blue???

So, my carpet in my room is royal blue and my bedframe, shelves %26amp; furniture are white. I need to find a color to paint my walls though, because right now I have a dark blue for the walls and it always looks dark in the room. So any ideas???

What color should I paint my Walls if my carpet is the color Royal Blue???
try taking some white paint and mixing just a little bit of blue in at a time until you get a really pale baby blue... that should look cool.
Reply:yeah it would look dark that way.





try using lighter shades of blue. or try mixing it with more white, some black and brown so it wouldnt look like a baby blue child's room.
Reply:Soft butter yellow, taupe, or white.


To help blend in your colors, say if you picked taupe walls, pick a curtain/bedspread/pillows, whatever, with combinations of white, taupe, blues so it helps bring it all together. So really, if you love green, you can still use green on the walls (choose a clean color green, because royal blue is a clean color), just tie it in with accessories, bedding and stuff.


It is not necessary to prime if you are using good quality paints, 2 coats should cover the blue, if your using cheaper line of paint, then i would recommend the primer. Just do a 2 coat test patch. You will know if thats all you need to do.


Have fun!
Reply:Beige, light gray, pale yellow, pale blue, pale lavendar (blue tone)... or any of these in tone-on-tone stripes. All will contrast with your furniture and make your room brighter, but still go with your carpet. An off-white with any undertone can also work but make sure it contrasts with your furniture enough. you could also leave one of your walls the current color as an accent wall ( pick a shorter wall, ideally one with the "view" through the window or where the headboard will go).





Just make sure you apply two coats of primer to prevent bleedthru or patchy bits though, since you're going from a dark color to a light one.
Reply:think of the color of cold whipped butter. that would be nice. to colorize plain white,the best method and least expensive method is to use tint. go to a dedicated paint store (*not* Lowe's or HD) and ask them to show you tints. they're really inexpensive and the good news is it's hard to make errors using this method.





taupe and royal might be too strange.





whatever you decide, practice on white boards first
Reply:well if your feeling adventurous you could do red and have a red white and blue room. haha. but if not, i would say a good mid point between those two colors would be good. my suggestion is something in the light blue/pale blue area. it will help bring the carpet and furniture together. if you want some variety you can get a lighter royal blue and a lighter than that/closer to white blue and do a two tone by splitting the wall in half with masking tape. just remember to primer the walls if you do a lighter color than what you have cuase otherwise it will show through.
Reply:you should play around with the Sherwin Williams color visualizer to find something you like. It is the best paint visualizer on the web, imho. I like how their color palette is laid out, I like that you can search by color family %26amp; color name, the "painted" rooms look the most realistic, and it suggests coordinating color schemes. You can literally spend hours:


http://sherlink.sherwin.com/swapp/color_...





I think maybe a cool gray, like "pediment" (#7634) would work for you. Check it out.

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