The Tan Paint I Bought Looks Pink/mauve on the Wall.

We had this same problem at work...the tan was NOT tan. Any decent paint store (Lowes, Home Depot, Menards etc) should be able to help you correct the color. However Tan is actually Very hard because of the undertones to the color. When you get your paint back only do a very small section to test the color. At work we actually ended up having to go darker than originally expected.

I would not take it anywhere that you don't trust the people behind the counter though since you may just end up ruining your paint.

That is why you always have to do large test swatches before painting, and then view them for a couple of days in all lights. You can never go by the paint chip. I've done a ton of painting and choosing colors can be a lengthy process, with many return trips to the paint store.

Sometimes they can fix a color, but more often than not you will have to pick another color and repaint.

If you choose to try to fix the color you already have, be prepared to go back and forth to the store a few times, and then it still probably won't be what you want. Since the wall is already painted, you only need one more coat -- why not just spend $60 and get new paint? How many rooms are you doing? A gallon should do one coat on most normal-sized rooms.

The best paints for quality and color selection are Behr, Ralph Lauren (both available at Home Depot) and Benjamin Moore. Benjamin Moore sells little sample jars for about 4 bucks. I suggest you try some of the sample jars - and make sure you make your test swatches as big as you possibly can -- the recommended size is 5 feet x 5 feet, in 3 different parts of the room, because colors change depending on the light and will look different on different walls.

By the way, having pink undertones in beige is quite common. When you are choosing colors, the color on the chip should be much greyer than you think you want, because it will then look good on the walls. Any color you like on the paint chip -- choose a greyed-down version of that color, and then it will translate well on the wall.

When we painted our living room two years ago, we had about 5 different colors painted on the wall. I knew what I wanted because a friend has the same color and I love it, but hubby found some swatched he liked as well. We got the $4 samples of them before buying the gallons of paint we needed. We both liked the one my friend had and went with that color, but made sure with small swatches first.

I'm not sure about something being added to it. You might just need to buy the right color to begin with.

We always get our paint from the local Lowes and use Valspar. The tan color we have is called Timberline. They don't have swatches anymore, but they can still make it.

Is it completely dry?

If not, it will look different dry. Wait.

You might be able to add some green to the paint to neutralize the pink but you risk changing the lightness/darkness of the paint, too. I'd talk to the painting company and see if someone there is good at mixing colors. Not the person who sold you the tan paint that turned out pink!

It's too bad you didn't test a section before painting everything but I guess you'll know better next time!
Do you have a Kelly Moore or Benjamin Moore paint store near you? They are both really good as paint is all they do.
You could also try the paint department at Home Depot or Lowes, they are pretty decent as well.
Good luck!!!

This happened to me (not the same colors, but the same ultimate effect). I brought the paint back, thinking they could change it, but instead I got really good advice. Primer! I had no idea that primers were different. I thought it was something to prepare the wall or help the paint stick or something (actually never gave primer much of a thought at all). But primers can affect color and there are different primers for different colors. I told them what the paint looked like when it dried, and they sold me a gray-based primer. I put it on, and sure enough, my original paint color was exactly the color I wanted in the first place.

Oh, and the advice I got came from Home Depot paint department.