Taupe

Warm-on-warm scheme with moderate tonal contrast between wall and floor rather than hue contrast.

Terracotta intensifies under warm evening bulbs — view a sample under your actual evening lighting, not only daylight.

Low contrast between primary and secondary wall by design, so the space reads as one room rather than several competing ones.

An open-plan room commonly has different orientations and light levels in different zones — the same wall colour can look noticeably different at each end of the room; test a sample in every zone.

Warm-on-warm with limited contrast, chosen to avoid amplifying the room's naturally flat light.

This palette assumes typical Northern Hemisphere north-facing light (cooler, indirect daylight); in the Southern Hemisphere the equivalent orientation is south-facing — see the lighting guide's hemisphere note.

Neutral-on-neutral combinations are easy to get right, but worth checking in daylight since subtle undertone mismatches show up most in flat, even light.

Tonal outfits rely on subtle value differences between pieces, which can flatten under harsh overhead lighting — check the combination in natural light.