Benjarmin Moore color for a basement?

[Anonymous]

The basement has windows, but not much natural light. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Ours is Monterey White. Perfect balance of warmth and lightness.

[Anonymous]

we did guilford green -- love it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ours is Monterey White. Perfect balance of warmth and lightness.

NP here. Do you think it could work with a muted bronzy gold sofa?

[Anonymous]

Yes! Monterey White is a very light very subtle tan. You'll feel like you're not adding much color to the walls but when you're done painting you'll notice a nice warmth. We have white trim with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes! Monterey White is a very light very subtle tan. You'll feel like you're not adding much color to the walls but when you're done painting you'll notice a nice warmth. We have white trim with it.

Thanks! Does it look anything like this picture? I realize this pic has a lot of light coming in, which your basement probably doesn't.


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[Anonymous]

I would not go with a white, especially not an off-white, for a room that doesn't get sun. It may end up looking gray. Our north-facing living room was like that and we didn't like it at all. Changed it to BM Soleil (a yellow) and love it. I realize a lot of people think yellow is awful, so I'm not suggesting that to you (it works very well for the style of our house - old craftsman - and our furniture colors), but I would go with a light warm color of some sort.

[Anonymous]

We did Silver Marlin and are very happy with it.

[Anonymous]

Lady Finger looks great in a basement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lady Finger looks great in a basement.

+1 That's the color we used in our previous den. We loved it, but your post is the first time I've heard it mentioned on this site.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would not go with a white, especially not an off-white, for a room that doesn't get sun. It may end up looking gray. Our north-facing living room was like that and we didn't like it at all. Changed it to BM Soleil (a yellow) and love it. I realize a lot of people think yellow is awful, so I'm not suggesting that to you (it works very well for the style of our house - old craftsman - and our furniture colors), but I would go with a light warm color of some sort.

Some people like grey though?

[Anonymous]

How will you be using the space? Rec room? What furniture will go in there? What flooring? What type of mood - playful, serene, get drunk?

[Anonymous]

We did Ivory tusk - a very pale cream/yellow. LOVE IT. Our basement also gets no light.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not go with a white, especially not an off-white, for a room that doesn't get sun. It may end up looking gray. Our north-facing living room was like that and we didn't like it at all. Changed it to BM Soleil (a yellow) and love it. I realize a lot of people think yellow is awful, so I'm not suggesting that to you (it works very well for the style of our house - old craftsman - and our furniture colors), but I would go with a light warm color of some sort.

Some people like grey though?

Painting something grey intentionally is different than a room looking grey b/c of lack of light. Painting a basement that doesn't get a lot of light grey I don't think would be a good idea in any case.

[Anonymous]

Paper white - looked beautiful in our lightless basement