What's the best wall color?

[duck]

Everyone tells me that eggshell white is the best for wall color but I personally like a brighter white. What do you all think?

[vicki2]

I think it's personal taste. I rather like a bright white depending on the room. Linen white was fashionable for a while but it doesn't age very nicely ...looks too yellow.

[tickeverybox]

I have used magnolia and bright white together with caramels and deep reds on accent walls (kitchen and living space). Both worked well.

[dwalliz]

I would use white in the living room and the bedrooms, I would use brown in the kitchen wall. But it is all about personal taste.

[tater03]

I always used white when painting the walls. But lately I am finding myself using more colors on the walls and using white as an accent color. Never thought I would like the results but I am enjoying the colors throughtout the house.

[orosurf]

Pale yellow.

[duck]

Thanks for the tips, everyone. I wonder if pale yellow would make for a cheery house since they say color affects your mood. Maybe even a bolder yellow would be nice?

[riskey58]

I did my living room in a foe finish with an egg shell white and a light gold color. Except for one wall and I just painted it with the egg shel. It turned out really nice.

[vicki2]

I think too bright of a yellow would be sort of off putting. Pale is better.

FWIW, I was in a house the other day that a friend of mine was doing up to rent out. It had been her mother's and needed a lot of cleaning and painting. The result is something worth noting ....because it was she and her sister, who don't agree on a lot. Some of the fix ups are really nice and others are really cheesy looking. Like a new stair banister which looks so cheap and like it came from a discount store, and it doesn't even work with the architectural style. I know it's just a rental, but that stuff drives me crazy!

[juol7]

It's a matter of taste actually. I prefer to have a lighter white on mine.