Color suggestions for bathroom

I would paint it teal. Like this color http://genuinestyle.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/traditional-bathroom-12.jpg

Couldn't you find a really good ark moss green? even though no natural light, I assume you have good light from the fixtures - so why not embrace a dramatic mood? IMHO tan/beige in bathroom could be awful.

sorry "dark moss green"

I'm scared of dark colors - oppressive, no?

Well, if all the fixtures are white, and the tile also has white, that lightens up the general look. Plus, a dark color would make the tiles really pop.

Also, think of it as you would any room in which you don't spend a ton of time (sort of like when I had a fabulous black ground floral paper in my bathroom (covering ceiling AND walls).

Like painting a dining room dark red - dramatic, for use of relatively short durations.

And, since you don't seem to mind swatching - why not try a few slightly different shades of moss.

And, for romantic moments, think of how fabulous with lots of candles - of course, as long as the little ones are nowhere around - is that ever really possible?

how about Guilford Green... a nice teal

I'm prepared to be flamed: chocolate brown. If you do decide on a dark color for the bathroom, you should paint the ceiling too.

ali r.

FP: That's where I was heading with the tan - it did strike me that an ambery-brown might be nice (the browns of the glass tile are milky-chocolatey-streaky).

You could also do a very dark green - a forest green. I agree with FP re: doing ceiling as well.

One thought, don't mean to be gross, but perhaps very dark brown in a bathroom is not a fortuitous choice?

like the zen weave tile - not seeing the medium version. with the mg/mcb/wh - i'd go with a boring paper bag or cream good quality.

Paint It Black (the Rolling Stones)

Love the tile, clueless about the color, but if there's no natural light, I'd go w/ a light color.

White Room (Eric Clapton)

Think about how light reflected off the walls will affect how you look in the vanity mirror. Applying make up or just generally feeling good about your skin tone may be difficult in a green painted room. Funky strong colors in a powder room are one thing. In your primary bathroom it is quite another. I'd let the tiles provide the pop and go more neutral on the walls. Perhaps something like Benjamin Moore "Marscapone"--Aura AF-20. It may work well to transition between the pop of the tile and white of the fixtures.

I'd go with something in a Behr Fairway Mist.

nyc10023, http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/16/finch.php provides a highly-focused reply to your OP. Read it carefully and thoroughly, and then re-read it, to arrive at the meaning of life regarding your bathroom walls.

[Behr Fairway Mist is pistachio, by the by.]

Mirror everything, even the ceiling (and buy a really good gym membership)

http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/shop/popup_image.php?pID=65&osCsid=69d961160d6a850446d4336f28eab8a2

Nice pic, Alan!!

I told you NOT to post our vacation pics.

I suppose "Green Ground" is a lighter shade of pistachio, with no yellow in it.

"I'm prepared to be flamed: chocolate brown. If you do decide on a dark color for the bathroom, you should paint the ceiling too."

Ditto on the chocolate brown. Personally, I'd stick with a "super white" ceiling, but painting the ceiling chocolate brown as well could be dramatic. Install a crystal chandelier in the ceiling and you've got yourself a "WOW!" room.

Since we're weighing in on ceilings now, I prefer BM "Simply White" to Super White which I find too stark in many situations. Simply white is a touch more toned down.

I'm sorry--I can't see having a chocolate brown master bath that I didn't grow weary of in 6 months. That's an awfully oppressive color for a bathroom. I can see it for a bedroom (very soothing) or entry foyer (warm entrance but it also says move on from here to the light), but not a master bath. It's a lot of look.

Ooops ... sorry. I didn't realize this was for a MASTER bath. Powder room, yes.

My favorite bath color is sky blue with white tile and fixtures, or something with greens.

I have slightly unclassic white subway tiles & sky blue (BM "Summer Blue") everywhere else. Thought I'd do something a little diff. with the master bath. Hence the copycat Zenweave (mottled green/brown/white mix) glass tiles.

This might seem off the wall - but, a metallic paint in a subtle color (a soft bronze,camel,dark gold) could look great (There is a paint line called Modern Masters that has metallic latex paints). Or, using a translucent meetallic wash on top of a base color could bring a "tan" or cream paint to life.

This might seem off the wall - but, a metallic paint in a subtle color (a soft bronze,camel,dark gold) could look great (There is a paint line called Modern Masters that has metallic latex paints). Or, using a translucent meetallic wash on top of a base color could bring a "tan" or cream paint to life.

I like the idea of metallic paint, ph41, and the metallic wash even better. However, I really think you (nyc10023) need to reject the beige/brown family altogether (too suburban) ... and break out your kindergarten color wheel. The compliment to green is red. Obviously, red is not a good choice. I'm assuming you don't want pink (although there might be something pinkish, like a light coral, that works). So the next choices are the adjacent colors, orange and purple. Colors in those families will compliment the moss green nicely.

Or you can use Behr Fairway Mist.

Excuse me while I go sip a sidecar. (But it's cold enough for hot scotch with lemon.)

I should add that, Behr Fairway Mist aside, I generally greatly prefer complementary colors to variations on the same color, which usually just looks odd -- like someone accidentally mixed dye lots or something.

Double that for clothes.

"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
Just don't choose "Mellow Yellow".

Hot toddy at Alan's! I'm going back to New York City, I do believe I've had enough..."

"So the next choices are the adjacent colors, orange and purple. Colors in those families will compliment the moss green nicely."

Green and purple?

WTF??

hi guys! just got back from costa rica. missed you! how about a nice grey with some blue or teal in it?

leave the ceiling white to soften the room. Green is nice but can be very in your face when looking at it every day. Topes and grays are the best for a room that you spend most of your time in. You wont want to see green in the bedroom and bath everyday. But of course this is personal. Personally i need neutral colors in the bed and bath area bc it will work with any mood. The lighter colors will also pick up the natural light from the bedroom and carry them into the bath.

just now looked at the mosaic. That is your detail and your color. The walls will crowd in on you with too much color. Going green may make it look like ths kids bath too. So keep it simple on the walls and go neutral and light

welcome home glamma. Wondering where you were. Hope you had fun!

Never never never paint the room you look at yourself in the morning in, anything but peach or pink. Believe me, you do not want to look at yourself in a green room! I learned the hard way! Find a tasteful terracotta if you must. Benjamin Moore has a nice makeup color that almost looks like a white, or Dove Tail or even Atrium White.

totally agreed, lofty. Soft white with warm lighting will do too.

"Green and purple?

WTF??"

Yes, it's a natural color combination. Think irises or lavender with their stems and foliage. But of course I'm not suggesting saturated tones for this particular thread. Moss + a pastelish lilac, or even an electropastel lilac. I guess it really depends on how much moss is already there, and how much wall there is.

Master bath should be white. Don't be afraid of surgical white.

buster2056, I'm totally with you on that one, for my own bathroom. Traditional bright white, as a display of modern sanitation -- no place for dirt to hide, thus no polio, TB, dropsy, the vapors, miasma, neuralgia, catarrh, rose-cold, etc.

And nyc10023 couldn't possibly disagree ... but she's stuck with green and brown (brown! see previous paragraph)

Yeah, mock my mosaic tiles. The other thought I had when originally picking tiles was to go calacutta white everywhere on the walls, basketweave on the floor, and use paint (BM silvery blue). But I was a sick of the subway tile/Carrera mosaic everywhere else, so I thought to do something different. 3 years on, I still like it. I suppose for resale, I might reclad in marble (sparingly), as people have so little imagination and will to do any work.

I am going to swatch some whites (countertop is Calacutta white, btw) when I get back from Blighty. Cheerio!

Have a great vacation.

Just remember for your next renovation, don't do brown. IMHO, I think brown is more favored by Europeans than Americans, (even in clothing) except for the time in the 80's when people were painting walls that dark chocolate brown.

that dark brown comes from Blakes Hotel in London -- an incredibly fabulous place. when the pound was down to $1.05 in 1983 or so, everyone went there, stocked up on cashmeres, bought Filofaxes at Harrods and came home and painted that chocolate brown.

Have a good trip nyc10023!

Lofty: pound isn't bad now, relative to last 15 years. Chain shops everywhere though, so nothing unique to be had here. I have been observing the retail scene since I've arrived. A few shops shuttered, not as bad in NYC, but very few mom and pops left except for ubiquitous coffee shops, salons, pubs. Even the newsagents are not doing well, thanks to Sainsbury Local & Tesco Express.