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New project - TOS Enterprise 1341-foot version full interior 3D model

Huh. Is the transporter room the only area that has a non-gray wall?
No. Sometimes some of the Sickbay / Exam walls had different colors, but they could vary from season to season. 
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Speaking in-universe and conceptually here, wouldn’t it be likely that on a ship with advanced technology the colors of walls, doors, etc can be changed with the push of a button? I don’t think there could be much that would destroy the illusion of this taking place in the future as fast as somebody in Starfleet overalls putting a fresh coat on deck seven.

Some of the colors seen could then easily be interpreted as mere “screen savers” put in place on unused spaces. The unassigned palette is part of the crew morale protocol.
 
I'm pretty sure it's absolutely a lighting thing.
They used lighting to great effect in the series as an inexpensive way to change up the look of sets that were reused for multiple purposes (different crew quarters, Briefing Room configurations, etc.). But here's an example where I don't think lighting was used to change the color of a wall. Note the clean break between the gray wall and the blue medical status wall in the background.
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The wall on the left in this pic shows the same effect.

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Here's an example where (again, in my opinion) both lighting and painted wall color were used. One might think the blue colored walls are strictly lighting, but if that were the case, I would think the blue light would spill over to the bedside viewers and bedframes, as well as the cast. The purple color seems an obvious lighting effect.
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Yeah those walls definitely look like they were painted some kind of sage/sea foam greenish-blue. It's very subtle, and really only noticeable when placed next to the standard medium-gray walls.
 
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