Vent: My bright idea for a kitchen accent wall went totally wrong | Design And Renovation

Logan Singh · 2026-03-30T06:45:08.415077+00:00

I painted one wall in my kitchen a deep navy blue, thinking it would look modern. After it dried, the whole room felt smaller and way darker than I expected. I learned that a dark color needs a lot more light than I had, even with my three overhead lights. Has anyone else tried a dark feature wall and had to fix it?

val_craig376mo ago

Our guest bedroom looked like a dungeon with one dark green wall, so I totally get it (and @nathan_davis is right about it feeling like a cave). I had to add two extra lamps just to make it feel normal again.

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nathan_davis6mo ago

My buddy's living room felt like a cave after he painted it charcoal gray. It seems like dark paint always needs twice the light you think it does.

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jackson.wesley4mo ago

My cousin painted his bathroom black once and we had to bring flashlights in there just to find the soap. He ended up repainting it a light yellow a week later.

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