Hello Colour Happy, Thank you so very much for commenting on my post. We are leaving the woodwork skimming stone as we have it throughout the house and all internal doors are skimming stone too, it actually looks less cold in the nursery for some reason, I’m not sure why? I would love to go for a very light taupe, as that’s what the skimming stone looks like in the natural light. I’ve taken some more pictures. We only have a local paint shop open so are fairly limited to what we can get at the minute due to the lock down as we’d rather sample it first. I’m thinking we may just choose a Dulux colour incase we hate it and then we’ve not wasted a fortune on farrow and ball. We will only be painting the two plastered walls. I love the idea of a striped carpet, I may look at cancelling our order and have a look into this. I have to avoid loops due to a naughty Persian cat! I love buff wicker and we are planning on ordering a huge wicker toy box, I think this will add texture and a bit of warmth too and match his Moses basket. Although I am sat in here now, the room doesn’t feel too bad although it’s very white his taupe furniture warms it up. The cot matches the linen and the colour on the chair too. I’m still so confused! Love the idea of a painted ceiling but we don’t fancy going up there at the min! I’d love to paper one wall and I’d picked the b and q watering hole paper in the cream but it’s out of stock now. Thanks so much for all your advice. Xx

So Skimming Stone is very close to Ammonite in terms of Value (lightness) but it is more colourful than Ammonite, as it has a bump more Chroma. Increase in Chroma can help towards combating gloominess in a space. Lower Chroma colours are much more influenced by the changes in light. Pointing is the lightest of all the colours you have mentioned, but sits in between both Ammonite & Skimming Stone in terms of Chroma. That quantity of Chroma is still likely to help keep the trim looking crisp as the skirting is likely to have less Chroma. Because of it’s location on the Color Wheel & the fact it has low Chroma, there is a chance it might shift blue in imbalanced light. It doesn’t mean it will happen in your space, but it may. So again, testing on moveable lining paper is helpful. It’s in those dimmer spots where colour shift may happen.

Measure the colour with either a Vario Color Muse or an NCS Colorpin. It will tell you the Hue/Value/Chroma of the colour. From that it’s possible to find a near match paint colour, without all the schlepping about. 🌈

You roof is from the Red Hue Family. Choosing a colour from the opposite side of the Colour Wheel will form a complement to it. Also a door with a good strength of Chroma (colourfulness) will help cut through any potential gloom to create a real focal point.