What colour to paint this hallway? (photos)

[kitchenplans]

We're coming to the end of an extension and I've got decision fatigue!

We've had a new front door put in and the hallway freshly plastered, and now I have to decide on what colour to paint it.

Our old door was a cheap UPC one which was almost entirely glass. Our new composite door is absolutely gorgeous, but it has cut out a lot of the light compared to the old one.

I tend to favour darker colours (kitchen is F&B Bancha, dining room F&B Stiffkey Blue, sitting room is creamy walls but with dark bottle green sofas,) but I'm a bit thrown by how dark the hallway looks now. I know it will get lighter once the ceiling is painted white and the plaster has dried.

Flooring will be oak Amtico herringbone (mixture of Canopy Oak and Eden Oak). We're keeping the greigy stair carpet. We previously had Egyptian Cotton, which is dull and I'd quite like something more interesting. Taste veers more towards period than modern.

Anyone got any suggestions for paint colours? I guess I'm looking for something that is strong, but won't suck the light. I'm open to any colour as long as it looks OK with the existing flooring and the Amtico.

Dunelm Warm Sand is glorious!
Strong but not light sucking - cheaper and fantastic quality.

I’d go for a strong but bright yellow. A rich colour but uplifting. This is Little Greene’s Mister David. Will go well with your greige carpet.

We went for an actual gold/metallic paint in our hallway. The builders thought we were nuts but it's lovely - a deep but neutral colour, with lots of light.

So it turns out that now the plaster has dried out, and the floor is down, that the hallway is nowhere near as dark as I'd feared!

I tried out some yellow testers, but I don't think it works with the flooring. So back to the drawing board on colours.

Now I might be going slightly crazy from constantly living in a building site, but does the existing dried plaster colour look quite good? I think I'm veering towards something in the salmon pink/peachy/light orange quite of range now! I'm thinking either F&B setting plaster or F&B faded terracotta as a starting point. Any thoughts?

i was going to suggest rich rather than dark so those yellows are good..
also Hay....its slightly less mustard...my others could be Greens
cooking apple is lovely and fresh

little greene - canton is a warm peacock/teal.....if you fancy something different!
mirrors and lighting can really lift..

I like the idea of using the plaster colour. See also fresh plaster by Dulux.

Like you our hallway suffers from lack of light at times but have kids in the house that trail their fingers down the wall when descending the stairs meant light walls looked grubby after a while. I went for this paper in the end..its light but add lot of colour and hides all the fingerprints!! (its only on the one wall, the rest are painted a pale dove grey