Pain Dilemma
I have chosen the incorrect paint color twice now and I am looking for idea's to make this tile be the focal point. My cupboards are dark brown and my counter is white and my floor is a light hardwood which can be refinished darker if necessary. I wanted a green paint color for the walls and made the mistake of buying the paint first, and then the tile!! I am looking for something other than taupe, grey or white. I am new at this website so forgive me if I haven't provided enough information. :) If it would help, I could post a picture of the kitchen, however, from the picture that I took, the green paint that is on the wall now, looks GREAT with the tile?? I'm not afraid of color.
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Design trick - find some paint samples and empty shoe boxes; paint all 4 sides in your intended colour and let it dry. Place it in your kitchen(?) and you will see how the light (day and night) changes and is affected by light.
In my opinion you should take your tiles to your local paint supplier and find the midpoint (not the more olive version but the mid-pointl version for your tiles)
Below is a Farrow and Ball paint - Pale Powder which might give you a range to work with.
I would love to see a snap of your kitchen.
But with just this image of your tile...
I suggest something like Benjamin Moore picnic basket, sea glass, sagebrush, or maybe even flora.
take your tile sample and photo of you space to your local Benjamin Moore store for help or call in a color consultant...he/she shouldn't charge you much for a quick-in 1-color pick. Good Luck and keep us posted!
http://eu.farrow-ball.com/colours/paint/fcp-category/list?resetFilters=true
Sorry ASV, I beg to differ on the shoe box idea, cardboard will absorb the paint differently to a wall, even timber takes paint differently so it can change colour when it is on the wall. I do like the shade you have chosen though, I think it would look very elegant with the tile and with the white bench top the room would look lovely and clean and fresh. I love browns and blues together too.
My tried and true method of choosing paint is to take, in this instance your tiles, to the paint shop and pick up all the colour chips that look promising colours. I even pick up two or three if I can to make a bigger chip. Tape them up on your walls, keep the tiles nearby, and check them at all times of the day and in all light. When you have narrowed it down, buy two or three different sample pots and paint a patch on your walls - do 2 coats too to get the colour properly - and then give yourself an extra couple of days checking them out. I always find after that, the right colour really stands out for me and I have never been disappointed with colour yet.
However, Cooper, if you really like the shade on the wall now, why not try to match that with some chips - why change? If your kitchen doesn't get a lot of light, blues, greys or grey/green could make it look cold and dull. Only you can decide that.
I would not recommend you darken your floors - the darker they are the more fluff and dust they show.
However, sometimes the paint chips are quite small and it really is different if you have a larger surface. I should have stated that I use shoeboxes with white interiors - but still you are right it won't give the exact rendition as the surface of the wall.
I find that many clients don't want to commit to rinqreation's solution for 3 or more different colours. To do it perfectly, I would start with your method, then narrow my paints down to 2-3 and then, following on from rinqreation, invest in 4 pieces of hardboard (per sample) - painted and taped up on each wall; it is amazing how much paint does change and what comes out after it has fully dried.