What is the best color and finish to paint a low light indoor area with only northern exposure.?

Lighting is low as if a cloudy day. Interior lighting is just by lamps 2 table lamps and 1 pole lamp. All windows face north %26amp; window coverings are verticle blinds. I know a particular sheen should be used. I am trying to warm up the space. I have tile floors in light natural strawberry blonde. I am working with a very large sun of copper. Natural copper a wide variety of color. A green might be good. But what green?What is the best color and finish to paint a low light indoor area with only northern exposure.?
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If you choose to go with a color, make it very light. White curtains could make a difference if you choose to use a darker color. Paint chips are great ideas!! I go to the local hardware store and grab what I think I might like, bring them home and put them where you can look at them.

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You have decided on green. End of story. But low light areas lit by a couple of lamps require very, very light colors. Since you are going with green, it should be a very light lime green.





And a lot depends on what light bulbs you are using. Regular light bulbs give off a warm, yellowish glow, which is a plus. But green would tend to make the lighting a little bit cooler than a warmer color.





I personally would not contrast colors and go with integrating the color with the tiles: a light rose color [tiles are strawberry blonde] for example, since the object is to ';warm'; the place. And semigloss off-white wood work.
Pale mint...I can see it now. Awesome.
WHITE OFF WHITE OR BEIGE WOULD BE FINE BUT DONT GO WITH A DARKER COLOR. YOU ARE MESSING WITH YOUR OWN LIVING SPACE AND WOULDNT IT LOOK BETTER WHILE THE SUN GOES DOWN TO ACTUALL BE ABLE TO SEE INSIDE THAT ROOM WITHOUT LIGHTS? YOU CAN USE THE TYPE OF GREEN THAT IS GIVEN OFF BY COPPER WHEN IT IS OXIDIZED
First of all, I would go to the paint store and bring home some chips that you think might look good. Put them against the copper sun and see what you think. Don't be stuck with green please, there are a lot of great colors out there and unless you choose a green with a lot of yellow in it, it will absorb the light rather than reflect it which seems to be what you want. I think that you are thinking that a high gloss paint will reflect the light and make it brighter, but unless your walls are in really good condition, don't do it. Glossy paint shows all the imperfections in your walls and I don't think that it will much effect on your light situation. Semi-gloss is as shiny as I would go. When you have decided on about three colors, paint larger boards (about 3ft x 3ft) in those colors and put them in the room so that you can see what they look like at all times of the day. I don't see green at all, I think that a copper color would be really pretty (probably lighter than your sun) and put up some white or off-white curtain panels on your windows to make it feel lighter. You might want to see about having some overhead lighting installed or maybe you could put up some corded wall sconces around the room just to make it brighter. Paint all trim white or off-white to lighten it up too. Make sure accessories in room are all light colored so as not to absorb light. good luck!!
low ege shell white (offwhite)