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Blush Bathroom Palette — Soft Blush & Warm Greige

A gentle five-color bathroom scheme led by soft blush on the walls, balanced with warm greige, crisp white, honeyed oak, and a deep plum accent — every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

A blush bathroom is one of the easiest ways to make a small room feel like a soft place to land. Soft Blush on the walls gives you that flattering warm glow without tipping into pink — it is the kind of color that makes skin and steam-fogged mirrors look good first thing in the morning.

To keep it feeling current and not sweet, I ground the blush with Warm Greige on the vanity and a clean Cloud White overhead for the trim and ceiling. The greige reads almost taupe next to the blush, which is what stops the whole thing from feeling like a nursery.

The warmth comes from Honeyed Oak underfoot or in a floating shelf, and the quiet drama comes from Deep Plum. Use the plum sparingly — a vanity base, a towel stack, or the frame around the mirror — and the room will feel layered, modern, and genuinely restful.

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Soft Blush
Walls
Glidden Birthday Cake · PPG1059-2
#E9D2CC
LRV 68
Warm Greige
Cabinets or Vanity
Behr Almond Wisp · PPU5-12
#D6CABB
LRV 60
Cloud White
Trim & Ceiling
Sherwin-Williams Arcade White · SW 7100
#F3EEE7
LRV 86
Honeyed Oak
Wood & Floors
Benjamin Moore Maple Syrup · 1105
#B88D60
LRV 30
Deep Plum
Accent
C2 Paint Speakeasy · C2-504
#5C3E48
LRV 6

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Each color matched to the closest real paint in every brand, by ΔE2000. Tap a swatch for its full guide or + to save it — take any SKU to the store, they mix on demand.

Soft Blush
#EAD3CC · LRV 68 · Walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6302 · ΔE 2.83
Behr · S190-1 · ΔE 3.06
Benjamin Moore · 2094-60 · ΔE 1.35
Valspar · 8003-9A · ΔE 1.08
PPG / Glidden · PPG1062-2 · ΔE 0.84
Glidden · PPG1059-2 · ΔE 0.53
Dutch Boy · 307-2DB · ΔE 1.18
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2037 · ΔE 2.83
Dunn-Edwards · DE6023 · ΔE 4.8
Magnolia Home · JG-24 · ΔE 3.24
Farrow & Ball · NO. 202 · ΔE 3.5
Diamond Vogel · 0146 · ΔE 3.65
Hirshfield's · 0146 · ΔE 2.58
Rodda · R121 · ΔE 3.1
C2 Paint · C2-850 · ΔE 7.79
Clare · PNT100-LT-20 · ΔE 6.4
Portola Paints · GYPSY · ΔE 5.27
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 11.31
Backdrop · BD-CC · ΔE 11.8
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 3.11
Kompozit · 0146 · ΔE 2.58
Warm Greige
#D6CABA · LRV 60 · Cabinets or Vanity
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9601 · ΔE 1.3
Behr · PPU5-12 · ΔE 0.44
Benjamin Moore · HC-78 · ΔE 0.5
Valspar · 2008-10B · ΔE 1.75
PPG / Glidden · PPG1019-2 · ΔE 1.67
Glidden · 30YY 60/104 · ΔE 0.49
Dutch Boy · 441-2DB · ΔE 0.57
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3107 · ΔE 2.81
Dunn-Edwards · DEBN29 · ΔE 1.82
Magnolia Home · JG-156 · ΔE 1.6
Farrow & Ball · NO. 311 · ΔE 2.88
Diamond Vogel · 0182 · ΔE 0.92
Hirshfield's · 0182 · ΔE 1.75
Rodda · CA139 · ΔE 2.68
C2 Paint · C2-818 · ΔE 1.87
Clare · PNT100-LT-17 · ΔE 2.14
Portola Paints · HIGH CLIFF · ΔE 4.85
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 5.77
Backdrop · BD-RR · ΔE 2.84
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 9.6
Kompozit · 0182 · ΔE 1.75
Cloud White
#F4EFE8 · LRV 87 · Trim & Ceiling
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7100 · ΔE 0.21
Behr · PPL-33 · ΔE 0.5
Benjamin Moore · AF-10 · ΔE 1.01
Valspar · 7007-4 · ΔE 0.48
PPG / Glidden · PPG0998-1 · ΔE 2.19
Glidden · 61YY 85/050 · ΔE 0.95
Dutch Boy · 020W · ΔE 1.28
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4053 · ΔE 1.41
Dunn-Edwards · DE6211 · ΔE 0.5
Magnolia Home · JG-107 · ΔE 1.51
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2003 · ΔE 2.51
Diamond Vogel · 0012 · ΔE 2.31
Hirshfield's · 1265 · ΔE 2.09
Rodda · CA013 · ΔE 1.87
C2 Paint · C2-932 · ΔE 0.8
Clare · PNT100-LT-24 · ΔE 1.5
Portola Paints · ORIGAMI · ΔE 1.17
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 12.83
Backdrop · BD-TR · ΔE 2.74
Rust-Oleum · 285140 · ΔE 4.98
Kompozit · 1265 · ΔE 2.09
Honeyed Oak
#B68C5E · LRV 30 · Wood & Floors
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6116 · ΔE 2.57
Behr · S260-5 · ΔE 2.03
Benjamin Moore · 1105 · ΔE 0.65
Valspar · V089-4 · ΔE 1.27
PPG / Glidden · PPG1090-6 · ΔE 1.49
Glidden · PPG1090-6 · ΔE 1.32
Dutch Boy · 315-5DB · ΔE 1.68
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2153 · ΔE 2.57
Dunn-Edwards · DET685 · ΔE 0.67
Magnolia Home · JG-152 · ΔE 3.54
Farrow & Ball · NO. 46 · ΔE 2.3
Diamond Vogel · 0248 · ΔE 1.52
Hirshfield's · 0247 · ΔE 1.19
Rodda · CA101 · ΔE 3.86
C2 Paint · C2-602 · ΔE 1.65
Clare · PNT100-DP-59 · ΔE 6.55
Portola Paints · BANDELIER · ΔE 3.07
Annie Sloan · CHATEAU GREY · ΔE 12.35
Backdrop · BD-AN · ΔE 10.69
Rust-Oleum · 398640 · ΔE 8.04
Kompozit · 0247 · ΔE 1.19
Deep Plum
#5A3A42 · LRV 6 · Accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6027 · ΔE 3.09
Behr · PPU1-02 · ΔE 3.93
Benjamin Moore · CC-34 · ΔE 3.46
Valspar · 8003-2G · ΔE 4.61
PPG / Glidden · PPG1048-7 · ΔE 2.24
Glidden · 85RR 05/082 · ΔE 4.26
Dutch Boy · 402-7DB · ΔE 4.13
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3011 · ΔE 3.09
Dunn-Edwards · DET400 · ΔE 3.08
Magnolia Home · JG-155 · ΔE 6.05
Farrow & Ball · NO. 222 · ΔE 3.74
Diamond Vogel · H067 · ΔE 3.73
Hirshfield's · 1222 · ΔE 3.88
Rodda · R119 · ΔE 3.49
C2 Paint · C2-504 · ΔE 1.72
Clare · PNT100-DP-54 · ΔE 15.69
Portola Paints · POE · ΔE 4.13
Annie Sloan · BURGUNDY · ΔE 9.26
Backdrop · BD-IT · ΔE 12.69
Rust-Oleum · 285144 · ΔE 18.89
Kompozit · 1222 · ΔE 3.88

Questions

Is blush too pink for a bathroom?

Not the way it works here. Soft Blush reads as a warm barely-there glow rather than candy pink, so it feels calm and grown-up in morning light and softens beautifully under warm bulbs at night.

How do I keep the scheme from feeling flat?

Lean on contrast in finish and depth. Pair the matte blush walls with a crisp white ceiling, bring in warm oak underfoot, and let the deep plum show up in small doses such as a vanity, a towel, or a framed mirror.

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