what are your daughters favorite colors?? Maybe you can use them.
(My opinion)If the walls are really bright white I would use lots of tropicals or brights to keep the room fresh and lively. A dorm room needs to keep kids happy, college can be stressful at times. I had recently painted my rooms downstairs, and am now working on the upstairs this year. It was a big deal to me cus I dont what to do this again and the next home owner can do it, lol. So.... I picked up tons and tons of paint chip cards from the box stores to settle on colors that went well together.
I kept the cards, I hate to throw anything away if I can find a use for it. I found there were color families I love and some I really dont care for - and my fabrics show this too.
These cards have colors that are well matched and easy to carry to a fabric store to match fabrics. Also, if you do paint a room you can take these cards to the fabric store to match or contrast fabrics really well to room color.
make a color wheel, or find one online and start from there to match colors. This is the part I love the best when quilting, pulling the colors. sharet