My question is this. Someone suggested to me that the wall in my recroom should be painted a different colour than the rest of the room. Any suggestions on the colour. Should it be brighter, darker, lighter than the rest of the green on the recroom walls?

Thanks

Me

Curlyben

Normally in this kind of setting the accent wall is painted in a slightly dark shade to the rest of the room.
This has the illusion of making the room seem bigger.
So in this case a darker green would be the order of the day.

** See I have learnt something from all those interior designs shows

Chic

Hmmm.. I was hoping a bright deep colour would be good. For example: Rum Raisin or Autumn Spice. Rum Raisin being a brownish red tinge and the Autumn Spice having more of a brownish red colour. This is not a good idea?

Curlyben

Hmmm, I was always taught to avoid putting red and green together, but you certainly have some ideas.
Best bet would be to get some testers and see what you feel works for you.

valinors_sorrow

Color is a tricky one. For an inexperienced decorator, I recommend this:

Get some paint chips and hold them up in front of you as you scan the rest of the room. Try to imagine LARGE areas of it painted these colors.

Then pick two or three contenders, especially if they are very different from each other and buy a pint of each color.

Paint a section of the wall with each as seperated as possible and have a good look from lots of angles. Just be sure you can paint over them with something close to the original color of the wall, you don't want bleed through from the different sections.

Seems like lots effort but you can learn alot and it saves repainting a whole wall. Its rather like the measure twice, cut once rule.

skiberger

I agree with curlyben, the wall should be a shade or two darker than the rest of the walls.

Going w/ a brownish color on the wall may make that wall appear to "close in" on you.