Help me decide furniture colors!

To my eye, those are really safe colors too. If you like them, that's great, but since you have such a blank slate to work with, you can consider doing something that's much more daring. I would use the old trick of starting with a piece of fabric or a painting/other art piece that I love and drawing my color scheme from that. I think the room's lighting and view out the windows plays a part too -- for example, our living room has floor to ceiling windows along one wall with a view of the heavily wooded green belt behind our house. Because the view is such a dominant element in the room, I generally avoid trying to call attention away from it, and just chose furnishings that work with the natural setting. Despite the big windows, it's a fairly dark room and benefits from some lighter colored furnishings, though nothing stark white.

If you share photos of your room, the peas with mad decor skills are more likely to chime in ; )

That is how I do also. I prefer the big pieces to be neutral in both color and design. That way I can play with all the rest when I want to change it up.

For me the neutral in design is really simple-no rolls, no fluffy, no skirts, etc. Of the three you pictured, I prefer the first one. It is still a little floofy for me, but it looks comfortable.

I would recommend going to pottery barn or basset and using their free design services. You don't have to buy everything from them and they are really helpful!

I would stay neutral on the furniture and get accent pillows and throws in trendier patterns or paint a bold color. Paint (assuming you do it yourself) is way cheaper than new furniture. Of what you posted, I like the middle chair with the nailhead trim. That said, blue is my favorite color, so I consider it a neutral.  My next sofa will likely blue velvet!  If you want to do something more daring, stick with a solid color and you can update it with trendier pillows as your taste or the "in" colors change.

i think those are pretty safe, too.

my current couches are red (i got them off of craigslist, so it wasn't a huge layout in case i didn't like having red couches.) i LOVE them!

if you get blue/grey sofas/chairs, you can easily change up the look with your throws and pillows.

the world doesn't need another beige sofa!

My personal preference is neutral furniture with colorful accessories that can be changed seasonally. All furniture in our family room is different shades of dark grey in various fabrics & leather. It is accented with gold, black, red, orange, pink, light blue, purple, or any combination throughout the year. HTH, & happy shopping!

I like the blue chair style and color best. It still would go with tan or gray walls. And easy to match colors. The only difference with the gray is it seems more formal so I guess it would depend on your overall feel for the room and the rest of your furniture?