I think you wont know until you try! I would stain one door and wee if you like it. If you don't paint over it and if you don't like Cloud White try Revere Pewter. It may be a lot of work but at least you wont wonder "well what if I had done ......... would it look better?"

We did the exact colour scheme in our house. Although we didn't have the option of natural wood doors, I think a clear, light stain similar in tone to the floors, but a few shades lighter.

If you decide to not stain, or if it turns out too dark, I'd definitely go with crisp white, the same as your woodwork, for the doors.

I'd paint them Cloud White - if there's no natural light it will brighten things up.

But that's just me. If you want to try both of them out, get a big piece of foam core, paint one side cloud white and use a dark gel stain to match the floor on the other. Try both sides against a door and see which you like better.

I agree that a lighter stain would probably be better in a hallway that gets no light. However, you could try thundra's method of staining one door and hanging large paint samples on other doors to see what you like best.

"When in doubt, paint it black" has usually worked for me.

+1 for Cloud White to match the trim. Dulcibella has a great idea to paint a piece of foam core to test 1st. That way, you won't have do do double or triple work.

If the doors are solid paneled wood and not molded to look like panels, I would advise not painting them. Real panels are meant to expand and contract with seasonal humidity changes and the finish in the joint between panel and frame will separate when this happens. When the finish is paint, this is very noticeable. When it's a clear finish, it's not so noticeable.

That said, you mentioned that the doors already have a polyurethane finish. You can't stain over polyurethane. You can add tinted polyurethane, but conventional stain works by soaking into the wood which it can't do if the wood is already sealed. Tinted polyurethane, like Polyshades by Minwax, can be tricky to apply because it tends to pool in the grooves and corners and will appear darker there.

I don't think doors have to match floors. We have a hallway with burnt orange walls, off-white trim, oak floor and five birch doors. It looks great!

I'm painting hallway doors white right now to match the trim. It is taking several coats of primer (3) and several coats of paint (2-3), but they look great.

We just painted our living room/dining room in the exact color combination. It's really hard to say what you should do with the doors without seeing a picture. Is your space more traditional? More modern? Our house has a traditional bungalow feel with wood beams, honey colored wood floors and built ins, so we ended up keeping the doors a wood stain that matched the floors and woodworking. The trim around it is white. Our space gets natural light, but is still pretty dark and I think the combination works well. The walls used to be dark olive green and bright mango orange, so basically anything was better than that!!!!

Karen's link to the Brooklyn loft is really beautiful, but it wouldn't work in our "modern bungalow" style. I would only go for dark colors on the doors if your space and decor was more modern. Otherwise, keep it light and airy with either cloud white or stain doors same color as wood floors (if you like the color of your floors, that is...).

Good luck! Don't you love Edgecomb Gray?!?!

I would try glossy black. If it doesn't look good, go with Cloud White.

Depends on the size of the space. Large expansive spaces can take a lot of contrast and still look spacious; smaller, closed in spaces should have less contrast in order to keep an open feeling. If you have a normal to small house I would go with doors the same color as the trim.

I would love to see a picture of your walls, I have been considering the same color for my place!

Glossy black paint would be amazing

our house is edgecomb gray and white dove trim. we did the doors in white dove, and it looks great. i say go with cloud white.

@thundra: They'd have to like it an awful lot to wee if they like it.

(not a jab at your typo--just an irresistible urge to point out the hilarious image it conjures.)

I have painted three low-lit rooms in Cloud White and it has made a world of difference. I'm hooked on this white. It's perfect.