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I like the Pear Green & Iceberg, but the others seem too subdued for me. But then again, I have a chartreuse kitchen door. Personally, I think white walls with bold pops of color elsewhere can be more dramatic. We're not just limited to colored walls after all. :)

The most popular color we have in the showroom (by a landslide!) is Benjamin Moore 1557 Silver Song. It's so pretty on the walls. Kind of a blue/grey/greenish tone.

Peau de soie would be the perfect backdrop for a women's dressing table. Think Betty Draper in Mad Men. . .

My tiny powder room is Pear Green and I love it! I combined it with cheapo art in dark brown frames and a birch branch I brought back from the cottage leaning against the mirror. Makes me happy!

The colors I use predominantly in my house are very similar to Pear Green and Woodlawn Blue. I liven it up with other accent colors and add lots of neutrals, but those colors are fairly spot on.

Great post! Good ideas. I appreciate this since I lean toward neutrals.

I think all of these look good together. I tried using Pear Green it just did not work with the natural light in the back room, but a pale blue grey works beautifully.

I always think the Pear Green looks mouth watering when I see it elsewhere.

I love the last 2 blues! Very cozy and chic.

I find that it's true that white and all shades of neutral, and yes, beige too are all fail safes, and well, safe and I find that too many people in to many situations end up going the safe route and do either neutrals or white (especially toupe or similar) but in the right instance, they can do wonders and can be a good fall back in certain situations when what you had planned just doesn't work and can work as a base for a more colorful room instead.

Nice colors but definitely too subdued for me, the blues towards the bottom are nice but even there, I'd prefer more clear shades such as aqua or tuquoise or one of the more intense blues instead.

I should also say that the pear green is getting more in the lines of the kinds of green I'd use and I'm not much of a green person for decorating (in plants, yes, but not otherwise for the most part).

I tried Peau de soie (I blame my French major and paint-naming people) and now I'm laughing and laughing at the post..."Try this in a bedroom. Not only will your room look beautiful but so will you". The only way I'll try this in a bedroom is if I find that I'm suddenly attracted to dead skin tones and surroundings the colour of suburbia malaise.

Not to knock BM at all, love their colours; but try the "Peau" before you commit.

I'm thinking of painting and accent wall in my living room, and am thinking about looking for something kind of in the middle of grasshopper and pear green.

My guest room is Pear Green and I love it in the daylight, but at night it feels kind of heavy. Don't even think of using CFL's if you paint Pear Green either. I had to change the light bulbs in there to keep it from feeling institutional.

I painted my new bedroom Behr's Lively Tune (crisp pale blue) - on the walls its the most amazing color ever. I will forever paint a room in my home this color. I can't bring myself to hang anything, I don't want to ruin the expanses of color!!

Yikes. Those first two are snoozers.

I do like these - and they are soft enough to be fairly non-intimidating to use.

For those of us that are still color-challenged and would like the peace of mind knowing that we are investing in applying a coordinated and attractive color combo to our walls, there are paint palettes - designer pre-selected palettes of paint colors and wallcoverings: http://17thandriggs.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/no-more-stress-over-paint-colors/ I think they are a fabulous idea and enable you to paint not just one room, but effortlessly choose colors for your entire home.