Deep plum paint colors
Top picks for deep plum
5 editor's picksEditor's picks + the named deep plum every designer roundup features. Each card links to a single-color reference or full brand guide.
More deep plum shades
8 variantsDrill into shade variants — modifier-specific bands (light, deep, muted) and named in-between shades each link to their own hub with cross-brand matches.
Deep Plum at every US brand
9 brands · 5 picks each5 picks per brand spread across the LRV range, drawn from each brand's full deep plum lineup. Tap any swatch for its single-color spec; tap the brand title for the brand's complete deck.
Behr
Benjamin Moore
Valspar
PPG / Glidden
Dunn-Edwards
Sherwin-Williams
Farrow & Ball
Magnolia Home
Clare
Top Kompozit deep plum
44 in deckKompozit's deck has 44 colors that match the deep plum band. The 5 below are spread across the LRV range — pick a darkness, hit Amazon for the can.
About deep plum
Deep plum is the moodiest end of the purple family — saturated aubergine and eggplant tones that anchor a room the way navy or dark green does, but with a richness that neither true blue nor true green offers. F&B's Pelt and Brinjal are the canonical examples; SW Grape Harvest and BM Caponata cover the same brief in mainstream US ranges. The picks below sit under LRV 15, where deep plum stops reading as a clear purple and starts to feel near-black with a violet cast.
Use deep plum where you'd otherwise consider Hale Navy or Studio Green: dining rooms, powder rooms, libraries, kitchen islands, the inside of built-in cabinets. Pair with brass, walnut, and creamy whites. Avoid stark cool white trim, which makes plums read flat. The undertone matters: red-cast plums (eggplant, wine) read warm and traditional; blue-cast plums (aubergine, dark violet) read regal and modern.