Help with yellow paint color?

Question

I'm driving myself crazy trying to choose a paint color for the downstairs of my house. It's a small townhouse, and the downstairs is probably about 800 sq-ft total. I want to use the same paint color for all of the walls, because I think it will make the space look bigger, plus I can't figure out how/where to break up the walls. I would like to use a yellow paint color that's not too pale, but also not too bright!

The floorplan is this:

The front door opens into large rectangular room that we are using for a dining area/office. Directily in front is a hallway with a half bath, and then this leads into a rectangular family room w/ a corner brick fireplace. On the opposite side is an alley kitchen that runs between the two rectangular rooms.

I need a specific paint color/brand that has goldish hues, but is not too pale or too bright. Or, if someone can offer suggestions for how to use different colors (w/ named paint) I would love to use combinations of sage, red, and yello

Answer 1

play around with the Sherwin Williams color visualizer to find colors that you like. It is the best paint visualizer on the web, imho. I like how their color palette is laid out, I like that you can search by color family & color name, the "painted" rooms look the most realistic, and it suggests coordinating color schemes. You can literally spend hours:

http://www.sherwin.com/visualizer/

I think a color called "Golden Fleece" (# 6388) might work great for you.

You can also take a photo of your house & upload it to the makeover gallery on this website:

http://www.roomvues.com/

You can get color suggestions & they'll photoshop them onto your room so that you can get an idea of what it will look like.