What paint colour for living room?

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Am quite stuck as we can't afford to replace sofas, furniture and rug so need a wall colour or wallpaper to update & blend in? There's a silver fireplace and picture rail

Black leather sofas, oak furniture, cream carpet, grey cushions, grey/black & cream coloured rug......room is very light with big bay and side window too. We could update blinds as they are knackered .....

Does anyone have a colour suggestion to bring all together? Would grey be v bland???

I came on to look for advice about this! My room sounds similar except our sofas are grey, we have cushions and lights in yellow and duck egg blue, so I was thinking of a duck egg rather than a grey for the walls. Not sure with black sofas though. Can you go dark, or does it need to be light to brighten the room?
I've downloaded a visualiser where you can hold your camera phone up and see what different colours look like on your walls, might be worth a try.

How about a pale pink

Ha! Was just going to say the same! Pale pink. Try copper accents. Replace the cushions with pink, copper and pale green shades. Add some green pot plants.

Anything on here?
A pale lemon and a deeper mustard?

www.dulux.co.uk/en/colour-details/h_yellow
Anything on here strike you?
Eg Pale citrus/honey mustard for a strong look
Or Daffodil white and lemon tropics or lemon pie for a softer feel.

Yellow tones work well with grey (your cushions and rug) , it will brighten the black sofas and oak furniture depending on the tones and depth.
(I found the visualiser quite hard to use but that was probably just me!)

Also agree pale pink but with warm undertones - blush. I'd be wary of anything with cool or blueish undertones.

Also I put a beigey pink called 'setting plaster' or something in my bedroom which has old cream and oak furniture and some greys. It feels more modern now but is cosy.

Yes, warm undertones.
Grey would be dreary.
Off white would be boring.

I love ammonite by f&b, it's a white with grey. Obvs don't pay f&b prices, get it mixed, but it's beautiful, bright, and goes well with all those colours. Another one is peignoir. It's a grey pink, it's quite light. I tried it in a North facing room, my MIL has it in a South facing, looks beautiful in both. Subtle and elegant.

Ooh peignoir is lovely!

I have found Craig and Rose paints good. Similar shades to f&b but not as pricey.

I like Light Purple ♥

Watching with interest as my dirty white walls desperately need repainting.

Thanks - I hadn't considered pink or purple at all so will try some tester pots out - but not sure (no imagination).

Mustard yellow may be ok but not too mustardy and not too yellow? But will that work with oak furniture and a cream carpet?

It's the black leather sofas ruining it - they were hugely expensive and years & years later are still going strong but not what I'd pick now and I couldn't afford to replace with something of similar quality.

I've seen blush pinks put with black and silver recently as fashionable, so black furniture not necessarily a problem.

Sorry but I wouldnt do purple or purplish pink as this has blue tones and I think warmer tones personally from what you have said. However I might be wrong and testers the way forward.

How about going dark? Something like www.littlegreene.com/mid-azure-green
We had black leather sofas for years, and have recently replaced for dark blue velvet ones and it is amazing how less oppressive the room feels now, but like you we couldn't get rid of them for a long time!

Also google and look at some pics for inspiration

Google f&b frency grey.. It is green. Very warm in one of our darker rooms. Goes fine with our black couch. Have white ceilings which helps tho.
Elephants breath is lovely too. Traditional but elegant.

I swear I'm not employed by f&b, I just love colours and I've been decorating our former and current properties recently, so I've had many paint stripes 😂