HELP!! need colour advice

What tone of wood are the doors? Unless they're dark, I would leave them. We have creamy/beige walls in the hall ( Dulux pebble,*I think*) with natural wood banister and doors. Skirting is as similar to walls as we could get.
IMHO white skirting and creamy walls don't go.

It's amazing how different a colour looks when painted on the wall. One colour I tried which look pretty 'off white' in the tester pot looked almost purple when on the wall. The Dulux site has a good test page where you choose the room and then add the paint to see how it looks. My son has glass doors in his house and painting them white has lifted the feel of the whole room. He has a wooden floor in the living room and has surprised me by painting the room a light green [I think he uses that light reflecting paint, and it feels very fresh]. I'm hoping I've got a tester of Perfectly Taupe somewhere. The basic colour of most of my walls is a a warm off white which means the new grey shades are out for me, but I can go to town with the bedroom, which hasn't been decorated for years.

Off the top of my head - for a warm look - walls in a pale apricot, woodwork cream.

For a sharper look - walls a pale turquoise, woodwork white.

If your door is varnished wood I would leave it alone. What about the bannisters?

Don't be persuaded to use grey on the walls if your carpet is brown. Dulux do a colour called Perfectly Taupe which has some grey in it but is quite a warm colour and looks good with brown. You could maybe go for an off white paint if you want to really lighten things up. I would paint the skirting boards off white as well.

Whenever I re-decorate a room I drive DH mad by buying lots of match pots and daubing them all over the place. Gives you a good idea of how things will look though.

Walls, at the moment are cream but need painting (anaglypta) and the skirting board is white at the moment. Want to change it though

Skirting board is white?

What colour are your walls in the hall?