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Design ideas (color) for living room with black leather couches?

Heres the deal, I am ussually very good with color and coming up with combinations. My style is contemporary, and I am not afraid of bolder color choices. The nature of the project includes remodeling my living room, including demo of old horse-hair plaster walls and ceiling. I plan on insulationing, new electrical, reccessed lighting and sheetrock. I currently have black leather couches, maple pergo floors and white trimwork. I would like help with a paint color that will complement the leather couches. I was thinking a grey such as benjamin moore "copley gray" or "smoked oyster" with white trim. The dining room which is seperated by a opening is a "ruby red" with white trim, and the entry hallway or foyer is a light sand color which may change... So I guess what I am looking for is some design ideas or color combinations that will work for color of the walls, or if you think I have chosen the right colors say so...Please keep my style in mind which is contemporary :)

Public Comments

1. black looks **amazing** against gorgeous aqua/cyan ... it's contemporary and unexpected and people will start conversations asking you why you chose it... however you needn't paint all the walls cyan, maybe just 2 or 1 to be safe to go even safer you can do a muted robins egg blue and again 2 walls or 1 if you dont want to do all the walls in a single color
2. Not sure how handy you are. Slate tile which sells for less than 2.00 per foot , on sale 1.25 is easy to put on walls and looks very cool, when sealed with a wet look sealer. Do it on one accent wall and the room will come alive. Could even go on existing plaster saving you a lot of work
3. Check out Gauntlet Grey by Sherwinn Williams. I have this in my house with white trim and I love it. When you look at the swatch it looks really dark but on the walls with the white it's striking. Good luck with your project:)
4. I think those choices sound great - go for it!
5. Have you thought about tan? I did my den in tan with bright white trim, plantation style black tables, black and white striped furniture and it all compliments.