Nuance

We decided that we ought to paint the interior of our humble abode- the lovely new doors sure deserve a backdrop of new paint, of lovingly picked colors.

However, I am having a very hard time picking colors. The nuance between all those shades is beyond me.

Or not even that. I can't decide what color to use for the children's rooms. Aidan asked for blue, but wouldn't that be just so stereotypical? Do I then use pink for Zoe's room?

I did paint my own room pink once. It was atrocious, absolutely the worst pink, ever. Being of Chinese descent, I have this gene that only feels at peace with beige. (But have you seen how many shades of 'white' and 'beige' Benjamin Moore makes?)

I worry that I might go too light- so light that I won't be able to see the color. I worry that I might go too dark- so dark that we might die of claustrophobia.

I can't even decide on warm vs. cool tones. With such excitable family, we really need cool shades, but then I wonder, if they would grow up to be cold hearted people.

So I am thinking of stealing people's choices. Some people recently chose 'goldfinch.' Another friend chose 'flowering herbs.' But both seem so daring too me.

I am a whimp.

I think Aidan's room will be either polar sky, or breath of fresh air, or blue haze, or polar ice.

Zoe's room will possibly be hazelnut cream, or latte, or soft satin, or pristine, or old fashioned peach.

I know I can consult a colorist, but that would take time, money, and energy... for such nuance that I probably won't appreciate.