Decorating and Design - Tan Paint Looks too peach

I am helping my brother choose colours for his condo. He has wonderful brown cork floors.

We tried both Muslin and Natural Linen with the cork and they both look peachy. Do you have any suggestions for a tan that wouldn't take on the peach undertone. ?

We were thinking OC-11 (I can't remember the name). The chip looks as though it has more grey in it and wouldn't take the peach tone beside the floor.

My Mom thinks we should go more yellow than grey, but I am thinking that would just make the problem worse. What do you think?

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Cork flooring is manufactured in a variety of colors and patterns. If wanting to use a tan, then choose one with the undertone that is the same as the dominant color tone in the cork. For instance, if the flooring has more yellowish, honey tones, then a tan with more yellow undertones or beige with yellow undertones would be complementary.

One must be careful when selecting paint because of the underlying tones. Paint is often not the same as seen on the sample chip. It also appears differently at different times of the day under natural and artificial light. Trying out some samples on cardboard and observing at different times during the day may better help narrow down the selection.

i put a light brown in my kitchen and dining room. it took on a peachy color. i don't like it, but for all the work i did, i'm not changing it. picking a color is hard.

Picking color can be a challenge. For each color we learned as children in the crayon box, there are so many undertones to paints that one must be very careful.

Behr's PPOC-11 Mellow Moss does not look like it has pink undertones. Ben Moore's OC-11 Clay Beige looks like it has pink undertones on the computer screen. Computer screens do not give an accurate depiction of color either.

In addition to undertones, paint will look different under natural light. Consider what direction the windows face and amount of natural light. East facing rooms get the morning sun with a yellow glow that can often not work well with yellows and greens. West facing rooms tend to receive an orange glow and can make reds and oranges too intense. We tend to have more challenges in east and west facing rooms because the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. North and south facing rooms are a little more constant in lighting. North rooms tend to have a more gray light and can make whites look gray. Using a white with a yellow undertone and warm up the white. Warmer colors work well in north facing rooms and cooler colors in south facing rooms, where warms colors and whites to reflect light are often used.

Depending upon type of artificial lighting, paint will vary. For instance, fluorescent lighting casts a pale blue light.

Wall color is also affected by flooring and furnishings. A green carpet or sofa will pull out green undertones in wall paint. Undertones in paint can range from peachy/pink to green and beyond.

One way to discover the undertones is to pick up paint strips with all the beiges. Take them home and line them up on the kitchen table. You will see the subtle differences and begin to see some look peachy/pink, some green, some blue, some gray, etc.