To bring warmth and visual interest to a light color palette, Abby Feltner suggests using variations of peach and beige as an accent wall color. “Warm neutral colors such as peaches and beiges are lovely tones to bring into an accent wall or built-ins in your living room, or even on the ceiling in your hallway or dining room,” Feltner says.

Whether an accent wall should be lighter or darker than the rest of the room depends on how you want to shift attention in the room. A lighter accent wall is more likely to open up the space, and a darker color is more likely to either draw your attention or make something recede into the background depending on what's being painted.

An accent wall can be a lighter color. Lighter accent walls can make just as big a statement (if not more) as a dark accent wall. It is all about finding a light shade to complement the rest of the room while creating contrast.