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I love color, but have red-green color blindness. When I ask family and friends for paint advice they ALWAYS give me variations of their own homes without any consideration for my existing possessions and style. Paint store brochures are very helpful but limited. So here's my dilemma:

I want some bold colors to camouflage the bad paint job in the kitchen. It's a great 1920's apartment with original metal french windows and featuring cool kitchen & bath rehabs dating to the 40's. I happen to think that the bathroom tile is close to Russel Wright's Iroquois pink and the kitchen tile is damn near RW's yellow. (Confirmed btw, by a guest who drew the same association while admiring the RW crockery at the dining room table.)

So after a year here, I want to paint the kitchen in RW colors. Bean or chutney for the lower cabinets, chartreuse for the uppers and maybe manitoga blue for the back door. The soffit and back splashes are all the said yellow tile and two other walls are natural field stone brick in taupes and greys. The chrome handles & back plates are sleek and period appropriate. The gas stove top set in a tan faux wood Formica is stainless steel from the 40's or 50's and works great. Everything else, including the floor is white.

So why can't I find any reference for paints that correspond with Russel Wright colors? I can't be the first person who wants to draw from RW's fantastic palette.

AT readers: Is my idea a "Paint DO" or a "Paint DON'T"?

Any suggestions? Discuss...