Paint colour suggestions for dcs' north facing bedrooms

[nondomesticgoddess]

We are about to move into a new house and both of the children will have north facing rooms.

Apologies for the gender stereo-typing but the dcs have chosen the colours themselves!

So, dd would like a pink room and ds would like a blue room. I am worried about creating 'cold' rooms and wondered if anyone knew of any pink or blue paints that somehow manage to be warm. Obviously, this is likely to be easier for the pink than the blue.

I will try out the paints with testers when we move in but it would be helpful if anyone could narrow the field before I start ordering!

Historically, I'm a Dulux girl but you can try and convert me with your F&B wondrousness!

You can still use those colours but would suggest combining with warm contrasting colours on other walls too.

BLUE/Brown/Ivory

PINK/Orange/Calico

Well I think any kind of greeny blue or purpley blue tends to be warmer than very blue blue.

So from Dulux, Mineral Mist is a bit greeny and looks quite warm to me. Or Urban Obsession is a bit purpley and also warm.

Pink - I'd go for rose pinks/reddish pinks, not so much the fuschia/purpley type shades as those can be cold. So Blossom White is warm whereas Pretty Pink looks very cold to me.

Check out ecos paints. They have a nice colour range and can make colours to suit you too. We have used them all over the house, they are excellent and don't smell. Our painter was very surprised they are such good quality and good coverage. Not overly expensive either. www.ecospaints.com/colours.html

We used a dulux(?) light reflecting cream paint in our dds north facing small room - the difference was amazing. Warm and cosy. Can't remember what it was called, sorry, but we picked it up at a regular diy store. Was so good we've used it for everywhere else since! (and it doesn't mark as much as the f&b we've used in some rooms...)

Sorry - meant to say they do it in other colours too, so worth checking out the range to see if it suits.

The Dulux light reflecting range is called Light & Space. They do a range of colours.

Here you are: www.houzz.com/ideabooks/1226244/list/8-Colors-for-North-Facing-Rooms

I've been wondering abobut the light reflecting paint - does it not make the walls look rather shiny and glossy? We have a very old house (16th century) with slopey ceilings and floors and though we have a few north facing rooms, I'm worried that the dulux paint will look out of keeping.

Though from my experience, I'd actually paint both rooms a neutral colour with neutral curtains and floors, and let them go mad with cheap accessories. My parents let me have my taste in wallpaper and curtains when I was 7 - I have never forgiven them. Had to put up with the horrible things until I was 16, at which point the whole thing, walls, floor, duvet, curtains, everything, was altered to be stark plain white.

I would also paint the walls in a neutral colour and add the blue/pink in the form of bedlinen, rugs, prints, blinds etc.

I have used F&B Elephants Breath in a north facing bedroom and it looks lovely and would be a great foil for bright accessories.