Family room paint colors

Family rooms are the rooms that actually get used. Kids, pets, snacks, TV, the sofa nobody admits to napping on. Paint here needs to survive higher traffic than the formal living room and the color needs to read warm and casual rather than precious.

The picks below skew warmer and slightly more saturated than the formal living-room list. Soft sages, warm whites, mid-tone neutrals that hide fingerprints. Pick a paint with a higher scrub-cycle rating (BM Regal Select, SW Cashmere, Behr Marquee) so the color survives the wash-down at year two.