Yes - only when I have room with high walls.

I've never used color like this, but when I paint dark or bright rooms, I use the palest shade of the color card for the ceiling.

You may think it looks like too much color on the card, but when it's up there, you'll be convinced it's white. It seems to deepen the wall colors without making the white ceiling pop. Try it!

For example, my guest room walls are Sherwin Williams Kumquat (SW6648 Kumquat) and the ceiling is Champagne (SW6644 Champagne). The other room trim is white (window frames, closet, etc), but the ceiling sure looks white, too. It looks great.

only if i had high ceiling..then i'd consider.

Only if it was a pristine, flat new ceiling. My cracked and crumbly 80 year old ceilings do not need any more attention paid to them.

A friend of mine growing up's parents had wood paneling all in their upstairs... her childhood bedroom was pickled white paneling and the rest dark. The hallway had a dusky pale blue painted ceiling, though, which I thought was charming.

I like all of them except the first one. It feels like something is looming overhead.

However, I'd only paint my ceiling if I could get someone else to do it. I did that once and it was back-breaking, arm-aching work. The result was beautiful though.

yep, i've done this. tan walls w/ a charcoal grey ceiling (similar to the moody bedroom pic above). thinking about doing it again - blue-ish ceiling in a former sleeping porch turned enclosed addition - the whole blue porch ceiling thing, but inside.

I've always been lucky to live in lofts or in my current apartment which still has 14 foot ceilings... but I'd never paint just the ceiling. Having a colored ceiling with white walls just feels incredibly stifling to me. I think it makes you too aware of what's going on above. It's just way too much focus on the ceiling.

I've done it, and didn't like it. A little claustrophobic.

Yes, only if there was a lot of natural light and the ceilings were high enough. Would love to try it!

I live in a no-color-change appartment. If in my own home, I'd like to try it, I do like the ambience a colored ceiling brings. Have never seen it done.

Love the orange ceiling! Actually, the only one I don't like is the gray one, in the bedroom. As several posters have noted, of course, this would really only look good with a high ceiling.

Photo Number 3 reminds me of my bedroom, and I love it. The grayish-bluish ceiling looks like the sky in late afternoon/early evening. The room no longer looks or feels like a white cube--more like a sweet, little courtyard.

I think that this works best with really high ceilings....sadly mine are not so high and covered with the dreaded popcorn finish.

Definitely - 100 percent! My bathroom ceiling is maroon, with white walls, and a black strip of molding breaking up the two color spaces. When I move out, I hope to play around this way with a bigger space. I think when done right, it is brilliant.

Not in my current apt, but I'd consiider something like the bedroom effect above.

I have a wallpapered ceiling in my powder room. It's a small space with only 8' ceilings and having a color on the ceiling really helps make the room not feel as small. A little counterintuitive, but it really works!

I once saw an entryway in a Victorian house that was round with four columns. The ceiling was painted to look like the sky and there were three cupids peeking over the edge looking down at you. The effect was charming.

Yes... I just did this! Had the ceiling in my bedroom painted hot pink. It's warm, sexy and cozy. I love it. Got the tip from an article on House Beautiful where Mary McDonald suggested it.

Our last house has dark chocolate brown ceilings in one bedroom and lime green in another.... awful! I painted over the brown 3 times and when we moved I could still see traces peeking through in the right light.

Painted the ceiling in our lounge/office a bright orange with stark white walls. It makes it a warm and cozy room, and when the light hits that room it glows. I highly recommend it.

I love it! All the colors complement so well.

yes! I've done two this summer, here's one. The other room isn't solid but has a blue pattern on it. I love both of them!

I added orange to the ceiling in my dining area in my kitchen in the 1960's. My husband thought I was crazy but he did it. I also had a huge tapestry of flowers on my wall which picked up the orange in the ceiling. I loved that room.

I moved into an older buliding where the curved part of the ceiling was yellowing and nasty so I painted the whole thing a light silver that's not to bright but adds a nice shimmer, especially at night under softer lighting.

Next up, painting the bathroom ceiling gold!

I really dislike low ceilings but I LOVE the idea of color on the ceiling! Therefore I think #4, with a smooth expanse from the tops of the walls onto the ceiling, is fantastic.

The strip of color around the tops of the walls in #3 brings the ceiling even lower. This could contribute to a cozy effect that some may like. However, I'd go instead with a strip of the WALL color around the edges of the ceiling. It sounds weird but I wanted to try it so I did it in the utility room. It's amazing, it totally makes the space feel higher.

I can't paint, so I'm looking at decorative paper and/or fabric to add stripes

It makes white walls look so much better!

Absolutely. Over the last few months, I've been painting the interior of my new house. So far, the living room is a lovely warm gray with a much softer gray on the ceiling. In the office, I painted the walls a creamy yellow with a pale, pale blue on the ceiling. Both rooms have white crown molding that does a nice job of setting off the colors.

Next up is the kitchen. I'm planning on gray walls with a sunny yellow ceiling. With the white cabinets and soon-to-be soapstone counters, it should be lovely!

That's your 5th wall, don't forget that one!

Yes all those examples of color on the ceiling are gorgeous. I once painted the hallways of my ceiling orange and left the walls white. Your eyes shot up immediately once you walked in the door.

Painting a ceiling can make the room look like it has higher ceilings. Choose the same color as the walls and the demarcation between ceiling and walls goes away. Remember when painting a ceiling a vivid color it will reflect that color on everything in the room including you.

Always a fan of the painted ceiling! Actually makes a sparse filled room seem grand! DO IT!!

Absolutely, only one problem, it called landlord. Some people are just miserable.

An ethereal pale grayish blue In Your Eyes

As said above, only on a v. high ceiling. A friend did her room in lavender & the ceiling in a paler lavender - it rocked.

The only time I think a white ceiling looks good is above white walls. If the walls are papered or painted a nice color, the ceiling should be, too. It looks unfinished when I see a white ceiling in an otherwise colorful room.

Huge fan of painted ceilings, even if they are a standard height. In my l-shaped studio apartment, I have lots of eclectic color. My walls are a sandy creme, I have a soft grey accent wall (creek bend) and my ceiling is my favorite shade of green. Everything works together. The green ceiling continues throughout.

I said "no," but only because it wouldn't work in my current small studio and the landlord would object. But I love the effect!

I love the idea of using silver/gold on the ceiling! Thanks Rachel Marie, would love you see your pics :)

When I was 14 I painted my bedroom walls pale blue and the ceiling a dark navy. Then I stuck plastic glow-in-the-dark stars all over it. So ~chic! It still looks that way, my parents have the house for sale and cannot be bothered undoing all my "work".

In all seriousness, I think the bedroom is a nice place for this since I like that room to feel cozy (ie. "low" ceiling). My mother's never had a white ceiling in her life; she always paints them the same colour as the walls. It was a long time before I realized people do anything else.

When we moved into our house, the master bedroom was painted for a nursery with seafoam green walls and a blush pink ceiling. I painted the walls a dark graphite grey semi-gloss thinking that I would also paint the ceiling white, but the combination of the wall grey with the pink was so soothing and feminine that I decided to keep the pink ceiling. I haven't tried to coordinate the pink with anything else. It just acts kind of like a neutral.

i am not that daring with color, i prefer an all neutral room, but i am thinking of painting the ceiling pale grey in an all white room.

It depends. While I like the look of painted ceilings, my house has sand textured white paint, and it would be a big commitment to change that to color. Plus, in an open floor plan, I tend to prefer the white for continuity and light reflection. I go for light neutrals on the walls, and the white (with white moldings throughout) looks fine to me. (And the brightly colored rooms in the basement level have suspended ceiling tiles, necessary for access to utilities. White in the family room, black in the home theater.)

So I guess in my current home with the current colors, I like my ceilings white. In another space, maybe not.

I'm a huge fan of painted ceilings.Love the look!

I recall a deco mag featuring rooms painted wall,ceiling to the floor with the same colour.I like that too.

Depends on your space and how committed you want to be to your decor.I can see the drama of it be a challenge for many people.Once done....how do you make the rest of the room work?However...you need not make any dramatic statements.When this look is featured ,we usually see very bright,bold deep colours.Outright clashes sometimes.You don't have to do any of that.Two or more tones down the paint chip or up, down or around the colour wheel need not be as Yowza! as people think.