Its a bit warm in that space... if you put up a cooler color it will help the room pop more and give some visual contrast. I would change it up! Maybe a blue? There are so many fabulous shades to work with :-)

I like the white idea!

I was also going to say blue. Either baby blue or turquoise. Can you do an accent wall to see if you like it? It's so warm in there you need to go with a cool color.

Also, your TV stand and low cabinet, can you paint those white? Would really pop against the blue.

Just don't use sky blue, or beige, or cream, or any of the other banned colors. Or they'll come for you.

Change it, you don't like it. :) It seems not to go w/ the blinds & furniture color. I'd grab tons of paint chips at the store and see what works better for you. Have fun!

The colour looks a little peachy in the pictures. I think it works, but if you want more visual impact, I'd cool it down with a nice light grey-blue. Something like November Skies or New Hope Grey in Benjamin Moore come to mind. I find that both white (your door, bookcase, trim) and dark woods (your entertainment centre, blinds) look good against them, plus your orange-y ottoman would definitely look nice against something in a bluer tone, since they're natural compliments.

My suggestion is to go with a very soft, light grey with a cooler undertone that can work as an alternative to white. I think it'll work great against the pops of color you already have. I would also consider changing the blinds to white shades so that the shades and door/door trim would pop against the grey.

Take a look at Benjamin Moore's "grey tint" and "sidewalk grey".

Goodluck!

Maybe curtains in a warm color would do the trick.

Oh, and I also agree that the current color is too warm...

Sorry, meant curtains in a cool color. I really like peggy's turquoise idea.

With all that dark furniture, white would be worse, not better. The space needs a deeper, more saturated wall color so the furniture doesn't appear to float so much. A somewhat de-saturated version of either the ottoman color or the pillow in the white chair would be good choices.

I think you need a warmer color to go with all of the dark brown and orange. That peach just can't hold it's own in that environment, something that will go with the ottoman, or a deep brown that goes with the wood furniture and blinds.

I think a pale yellow would work if you want to stay in the warm family. If you want to go cooler, I would suggest a gray with a hint of green it it, kind like a putty color.

Grey-blue would be lovely.

A blue-grey color might help. The color on the walls looks fine to me--I am a little more distracted by the many furniture colors and finishes going on. Dark wood and white laminate shelving; white, brown, and orange furniture, accents in at least five different colors... Streamlining the pieces could to a lot to make the wall color look pleasant.

To me, it looks like the window treatments are the bigger problem. I think adding linen curtains to frame the window would help, or just replace the blinds with white/neutral curtains.
The other thing is the 3 pictures above the tv disrupt the horizontal line that's formed by the window, door & bookcase (and the other window). Don't know if I can explain it right, so I won't try too much. But if you hang them vertically along the other window, hanging them so that the top edge of the upper frame is in line with the window, that would look more symetric.
You could try all these things that make holes in the walls before you paint the room.

I don't think you can pick a wall color until you narrow down the color scheme for the room a bit. Everything seems to be a different color, with no unifying piece of artwork or rug. I see turquoise, blue, red, orange, white, brown & black. I say pick no more than three main colors, and stick with them. Then see how the wall color looks.

It's not doing anything for any element of the room and is really just not a nice color IMO.
I'd go with something in the blue/teal/gray/green. If you like beige, something with this same value but more of a yellow or taupe undertone would be better.

I like the idea of a nice light cool grey-blue color. A very "Adult Contemporary Grey" as my sister calls it. She tried to paint her living room like that but it came out like robbin's egg blue! I LOVE the orange-ish otomon with the green pillow but definately do something about that dark wood furnitute too!

I just moved into a house with dark woodwork, and all the walls were painted a similar color to yours. I also thought it was too warm, so I painted it deep, dark black-blue. In fact, that's the color's name, from Farrow & Ball. My friends thought I was crazy but it works. If you don't want to go that dark, I would still go with a cool color, perhaps a lighter blue. Last month's House Beautiful was all about blue, and if you can find one it might help you choose a good blue. Good luck!

I agree that some shade of grey would be nice, or perhaps a brighter turquoise if you want more vibrant colour. We have a fantastic grey throughout our house that the landlord chose - in different lights, it changes from soft slate grey to green to taupe to almost brown. It's fantastic and really works well as a backdrop. I think part of the problem with the current colour is that the ceiling is quite a cold, stark white and against the pale peach/golden it just clashes badly.

I agree with lisa_oak. I think ideally you need to narrow down your palette and aesthetic direction for the room. The couch, the ottoman, and the chair look like they came from three separate homes. What kinds of rooms appeal to you? What in your current space really makes you happy?

If you can't change any of the furniture or accessories, I'd say go all out with turquoise. At least it goes with each of the individual colors currently featured in the room. The effect might be a little Caribbean, but maybe that would be a good thing.

I love the orange ottoman and the warm walls. If I were you, I'd leave the walls the color they are and get rid of the black rug and dark blinds. You've got some nice orange/red/green colors in the artwork and the ottoman and chair cushion; you could have a nice, colorful room. I would get a curtains and a rug in green, cream or orange.

I'd go with either a gray-blue or sage green.
Or a deeper peach tone, if that's what you like.
Get some samples and try them out for a couple days before you decide.
And definitely paint the ceiling - you can always add some white to make it a little lighter, but right now it's just looming.
I would not paint your cabinets white as you obv. have a lot of dark toned wood furniture.

I don't see any clutter, but I gave up being a minimalist when I realized I liked stuff.

I'd go with blue, either bright and sunny or muted and gray depending on what mood you prefer. :) Definitely not white -- dark furniture and shades will look stark. I think most shades of blue would offset the floors and brown furniture very well.

Once you put the blue up, I'd suggest thinking about a sheer white curtain panel over your blinds. It'll give you nice filtered light (more light than those blinds, I suspect) but still give you privacy from the busy street I see out there.

I also don't see any clutter....the room looks tidy to me! Not really pure "minimalist" but I don't understand how people can actually live that way outside of magazine shoots...

And by "once you put the blue up", I don't mean to presume you will actually choose blue -- rather, once you paint! Since you should paint before changing window treatments. :)

I don't think the problem is your wall color but rather that you have too much stuff that really doesn't work together

The existing color goes well with your leather sofa and dark furniture - and your blinds (although those are so dark they seem antithetical to the very idea of light). But it does not complement your chairs, ottoman or other colorful accents. The problem is, all those things don't mesh together too well to begin with. I'm guessing you're not in the market to replace half your furniture, so...

I would ditch the blinds and that dark accent rug to start. Replace them with something lighter and brighter (like, a bright green rug, white window treatments) and see how that makes you feel about the room and then decide which direction you want to go.

Nope.

White or gray, I'd say.

I think a bright yellowy green or white. And de-clutter. And then, beautiful!

A stone-colored taupe would help with your wood tones, and pop the brighter colors. I happen to be holding a swatch of Martha Stewart Sharkey Gray, which you can get at Home Depot, and I think it would be a terrific base for your lovely space.

My apartment is EXACTLY the same color, except my bedroom, which is the same but slightly lighter, and I can't repaint. I've actually grown to really like it. It's a GREAT backdrop for a lot of different colors. Here's what I did in each room...

LIVING ROOM
my color palette is based on this painting http://www.ragsstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/gustavklimt.jpg. Everything is a fairly light palette, except this painting and the royal blue, wooden storage chest with casters that my TV is on.

My couch is a warm gray, and most furniture is white or off-white. I highly recommend light furniture/window treatments to open up your room. This color is a great backdrop for pops of color, just make sure everything else is light, if your "pops" are strong colors.

KITCHEN
I used a primary color scheme based on an Anthropologie catalog spread. I have a high gloss orange mirror, and lots of plants in these ridiculous brightly colored retro planters. I also have a stainless steel bakers rack with my mismatched collection of asian-inspired antique plates and pyrex refrigerator dishes on it. Lots of light blue, red, orange, green, and yellow.

BEDROOM
My landlords put a brown parquet pattern (why God?!) carpet in my room, so I decided to do the room in earthy colors, based on this Japanese water color I have. Everything is white/off white except a brown silky curtain, and my platform bed, made from dark recycled wood. I also have an antique blood red table with peely paint, with a vintage bureau mirror on top.

Somehow it all works with this color. I would NEVER think to paint anything this color myself, but it actually works really well.

Other thing: You can do a lot to change this color by changing the color of your lights. In my kitchen with bright white track lighting the color looks totally different, than in my living room with yellow-ish or afternoon light.

Sorry, this is the longest comment ever!

WHOOPS! Here's a better link to that painting
http://www.gustavklimtcollection.com/pages/virgin.html

I'd go with a warmer - and less yellow - brown or like a clay color. It'll downplay all the different colors of wood in the room, and give you a more earthy palette.

I think I'd vote for a medium blue-grey or maybe a cafe-au-lait color, something neutral and midtone. The white elements will pop (and you could add more or maybe paint some darker things white if it turned out to seem like a good idea). The darker things will look more sophisticated.

I agree, this color feels wrong.

Good luck!

I'm biased, b/c I have this color in my own home, but I'd think about trying Behr - Rejuvenate. It's a green color that is bright, but manages to be a good backdrop for a lot of other accent colors / textures.

It seems I'm agreeing with a consensus that's already apparent, but it does indeed come across as awfully warm and a little too peachy for the space. A light blue shade would be great - I can see the print you have (the one on the right of the set of three), and something that's on display above the bookshelf (a skateboard?) that could be great pieces for wall-color inspiration.

I think it's a bit sad. I don't think it's very flattering to skin tones. How about a gray to complement the browns, oranges and pops of color?

My first instinct is a green paint like the pillow in the white chair. I think it would be a great against the pops of pink, blue and orange in the room, and really make them stand out more. And it would look great with your warm brown furniture and window treatments. Green is on the cooler end of the spectrum, so it would give some contrast, but the yellow in it gives it more warmth than blue. It seems like a lot of the other commenters like blue, and it would give a really strong contrast, but it would make it a lot more cold I think.

Cute kitty! And good luck, whatever color you decide to go with.

The walls are ok but the blinds look too dark.
A paler, natural version of bamboo blinds would blend better with the wall colour, the floor and the ottoman.
I would paint the door a punchy colour and move the shelves on the other wall because the long wall looks too busy.

Hope this helps.

I think the color is okay but you need to rearrange the furniture. That lovely little side table would look so much better sitting all by itself by the front door!

Ditch the dark blinds. Looks like you might benefit from those bottom-to-top kind of blinds.

your colors would pop on palest pink, palest lavendar, maybe even gray. somethong with a blue undertone to contrast the warm accents. white can have a blue base too.

I feel ambivilent about the current wall color. Its not ugly, nor is it doing much to enhance the room.

My first gut instinct was to go with something in the pale blue or blue gray family. It seems that other readers agree... it might be worth a shot.

I reccomend looking at paint samples then getting sample pots of paint in a few of the colors you're considering. It probably seems like an obvious tip- but seeing the paint actually on the walls is very helpful!

Love the color of that green pillow. You should totally consider playing off that green and paint the walls that color. It would rock.

I suggest looking at Ralph Lauren paints. I really like their suede paints. Even though they suggest a somewhat more involved technique you can pretty much just roll it on. I'd choose a neutral color that is a darker shade than what you have now. The room appears to have a lot of natural light which will add more depth to a robust wall color.

I also think that you could just change out the window coverings for something lighter and cleaner perhaps roman shades and the current wall color will not feel so out of place. Maybe try that first?

I'm not on board with the suggestion to paint the walls blue.

Whether you paint or not I'd recommend changing out the shades. They are just way too heavy on the walls.

GRAY would really make your warm accents pop.

I feel you should go with a sage green. It would look really good with the ottoman and dark pieces you have. Looking at the room though, I don't think it is your color choice as much as it is your furniture arrangement. Perhaps you should switch the wall the couch & entertainment center are on. It would certainly make the window wall look less busy. Also the white shelves should be probably go to the adjacent wall. Actually if you do move the TV, switch the two book shelves also. Just little adjustments like that would pull it all together for you.

It's the wrong tone, too warm, a cooler tone would work better.

I don't mind the wall color, but the tall white bookcase clashes with the dark storage items. What I really think the problem is the blinds. Patterened (harlequin pattern in olive/dk. brown) or striped fabric (orange/dk.brown/tan) curtains hung from a high rod would give the room softness. You could preserve privacy by using tab, grommet or draw draperies that are lined.

it's a hideous color, your instinct is right. It looks like FLESH which is a horrid color for walls. Creamy white is always a good choice and better than this lightweight pastel.