Choosing Paint Color. Paint color can make such a big impact when designing a room. Because of this, selecting the right paint color often becomes a difficult process. There are so many colors to choose from; where do you start? A great place to begin is with the favorite colors of top designers. From their experience, they know what colors work the best and most likely have a list of “go-to” colors. Last Monday, I did a post on designer Sabrina Soto’s favorite paint colors. It received such a positive response that I thought I’d use Mondays to introduce more designer color picks. Today I’m focusing on another extremely talented interior designer, Candice Olson. Candice is the host of HGTV‘s shows Divine Design and Candice Tells All. In Canada, they air on the W Network.
Candice prefers Benjamin Moore paints and has teamed up with them to develop a fan deck of her favorite BM colors. It’s aptly called Candice Olson Designer Picks. Here are her top five neutral color picks.
Choosing Paint Color
Keep in mind that colors may render slightly different on different monitors, so I suggest stopping by a Benjamin Moore store to check out the color chips and buy some samples. Before making a final decision, it’s always a good idea to put some paint up in the room to see how it looks at different times of the day.
What’s your favorite neutral paint color?
I like all of these, especially the Nimbus Grey. I see a lot of blue in that one.
Hi Melanie! It does have a lot of blue in it. Beautiful color!
Candice Olsen is my favorite designer (well, besides myself
. These are great pics, but I like Behr. My favorite neutral from them is Innocence. It’s a pinky cream that has yellow undertones. It’s a very light color that goes with most color schemes.
Whitney
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Thanks for the color tip, Whitney. I’ll have to check that one out!