I love the DAYLIGHT light bulbs you can find them at your local WM or Ace hardware have the at WM they have them in a white box with green on front and the of the front it says Daylight cool color tone. Mine are 100 watt but use electric of just 26 watts. brightness is 1600 lumens. They are fantastic I just love how they look a lot like natural light. My eyes are not as good as they once was.I hope you find what you need in color and bulbs. Light yellow or crème color does sound good.

My field was graphic design and art rooms were always white. We could not to wear clothing that could possibly reflect any color and had to wear lab coats. This was also for computer graphics.

DH painted mine a lovely pale vanilla, and no issues with matching colors. Just go to your paint store and look at the colors listed as neutrals and you should find a color you can live with, and yes there are neutral greens. If I were you, I would save the more colorful paint for the shelves and such so you can have a cheerful room, but still match colors. Just remember that your choice of lighting can make or break your color choice. IMHO

The type of paint is just as important as the color. Some one mentioned 'eggshell' as a color. Eggshell is the type of paint. Also called Satin-each paint company has their own name for it. The finished paint job looks like 'flat' but is much more durable. You can wash it and do touch-up on it yrs later-as long as there are no heavy smokers in your house. I always paint my sewing rooms the same. Its a Sherwin-Williams paint called Creamy Butter- in a satin finish. I love this color it does not interfere with my fabrics and the satin finish helps spread your light source whether its real or artificial. Do not use a semi-gloss paint. S/gloss absorbs your light and the shiny finish seems to distort the true color of your fabrics. I was a commercial painter for over 25 yrs.so I learned a lot about colors and finishes.

My sewing room is a pale yellow called melody. We have cedar paneling on the walls and ceiling in the den, which is now my sewing room. I couldn't handle the dark colors any more and talked DH into letting me paint it. The built in shelves and cabinets are white. After I had that finished DH found an even paler yellow call harmony and painted the ceiling for me. We are a musical family and the color names were as perfect for us as the actual colors. My north and south walls have 12 feet of windows in them.

Mine is a soft pale yellow. It works great except I am ready for a change

I have been remodeling my sewing room. There is sewing stuff everywhere in the house. We painted it buttercup from Behrs. It is a soft buttery yellow and goes well with everything. Ceiling is scraped, new paint and flooring..base boards hopefully will go down tomorrow and then my work begins! I have this color in the mountains and it reflects light well.

I painted my room a blue-ish green (light tropical color). I took up the carpet and painted the subfloor two shades darker of the same color. Used a kelly green and oranges for accent colors (picture frames/baskets/containers/bags, etc. The colors remind me of the seashore and I love working in there and find it very peaceful. I have two windows, a ceiling light, and an Ott Light. Not too dark or distracting for me. I say use what colors make you happy.

I painted mine a cream color just for that reason. My den is a sage green and it does seem to color how you see things. And I, too, hate the new light bulbs. I have some of the old ones stashed just for my sewing room. My husband put some of the new ones in downstairs and they are too bright and harsh.

I'm a bit confused though. How can you be too short for a design wall? Mine goes all the way to the floor.

The natural light changes with the time of day, so I find that even in my cream colored room that fabrics look different together as the day goes on.
Peggi, that is GREAT information about the light bulbs!