This was supposed to be a black, white, and khaki room - but that's not working either. During the day, instead of white, the walls look almost gray. I discovered why on a wonderful blog called "Colour Me Happy" - a light color (white or pastel) never works in a room without a lot of natural sunlight - you just get shadows. And every room needs lighting in at least three of the four corners.
So...I've got a couple things working against a white room. The room has only one window with a northern exposure and an overhanging roof so no natural light ever makes it way into the room. Because one side of the room is entirely taken up with bookcases, it's only possible to place lamps in two corners (and one of those lamps has a black shade).
The picture (fuzzy since I purposely did not use flash) above gives a general idea of how gray the walls look during the day. As you can see, it was taken when I was playing around with new wall and sofa colors.
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