Casey, I know you are familair with "Oatlands Yellow" I went up one shade and I'm not sure about it. Can you help me out?

I've just finished painting our small laundry room and 1/2 bath Valspar's "Delightful Moon". It looks too bright for my eyes! It's in the kitchen soft enamel. We have nothing in those rooms right now. We have gutted them. I'm trying to think how it will look once I put white cabinets and white appliances in the laundry room and all white cabinets and commode in the bath. There will be creamy white trim and crown molding. Floor hasn't been decided upon. Maybe I should have stayed with the "Oatlands Yellow". I have it in the kitchen. It's pretty and soft, but at times, I feel it's too light. Like most colors, it ligher when the sun comes in and darker at other times. I guess what I really want to learn is if the "yellow" family is difficult to work with, compared to the tan/beiges, or is it just me? Thanks again!

No, you're not alone, the yellows are very tough to work with. One way to tone them down a bit is to bring in ivory on the woodwork. I find I like a lot of colors a lot more if I just look at them against ivory. I know you're saying white, but believe me, white will just make it look more intense.

hmmm...yes ivory helps quite a bit on the visualizer (it's really quite an ORANGE yellow, isn't it?) Let's see...Churchill Hotel Lace 7003-17 for the ivory.

OR you can go ahead with the white, play it up for tropical, and be like a really good friend of mine who wants a bright happy laundry room. (And, believe me, the colors she was looking at make Delightful Moon look pale by comparison.)

funcolors has a word for the way colors change with light but I've forgotten it. brain dead.

It looks like I'm repainting if this doesn't look better in the morning! Been watching HGTV tonight and saw a room where white was used against a very intense color. Too much contrast! I know I'm a slow learner, but now I can see that what I was planning is probably neon. I want a calming but a contrast with our trim. Now I must find out if a lighter color can be put on top of this, using two coats, or if I must prime again! Oh, no! Today was my birthday and I was looking forward to painting. Now it may be all for nothing. Maybe white and offwhite isn't so bad! I believe the reason this all started was that I thought white cabinets above white laundry appliances look great in the pictures on "Rate My Space". Somehow I thought that a wood tone cabinets wouldn't look as well. See, how confusing it can be? Sure hope I don't have to sand these walls! Is there a wall color that will go with whatever I may see or want to change in the future? I'm tired tonight and hate to think of all this work is for nothing!

The first thing you need to do is make sure you have good lightbulbs in there -- the soft white or full-spectrum or Reveal bulbs. Because bad lighting really makes yellows/golds look off.

Then I would live with it for at least a week. Give yourself a chance to get used to it. We call this stage "color shock." Often a color will grow on you after the initial shock is over.

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Take a nice bubble bath, relax, and don't worry about it tonight. Tomorrow, it may look completely different to you.

I've had my bath and am now in my pjs. What a bath can do for us! Even my sweet, wonderful husband who doesn't care what I try, isn't too keen on this shade of paint. Says it looks like 10 shades darker then the next one on the color chart. So, it isn't just me. We will try to give it a few days. In the meantime, can you suggest a neutal wall color that will look good with gunstock hardwood flooring? Sorry, for being such a pain! Thanks!

Since you're using Lowes (right?), Laura Ashley Sand 3. But you might also look at Eddie Bauer's Caramel. Which is kind of like your Delightful Moon but more neutralized.