Muted Tones are nice sometimes. They are almost the opposite of the blaring, “I don’t trust you enough to let you find me on your own so I’m going to screech in obnoxious colors — like a TV ad or billboard. Muted colors just sit back like muted people; muted people don’t necessarily have muted thoughts. And muted colors carry a subtlety their more saturated companions rarely allow for. A nice tan or beige, light blue, or even the favorite of all home decorators, the paint-chip celebrity, off-white (maybe a nice eggshell-white?) You want a white that looks white but doesn’t really feel white. You want the cleanliness, but not the oppressive starkness of a sanitary hospital ward. You want elegance, simplicity, and light. Muted light.