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Blush Color Palette — Fern & Petal

A soft five-color scheme led by warm blush pink, balanced with creamy neutrals and a fresh fern green accent — every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Emily Roberts · DIY Editor & First-Timer's Guide

Blush is having a quiet moment again, and this is the grown-up version of it. Petal Blush leads the whole scheme — it is warm and a little dusty, so it reads cozy rather than baby-pink. Soft Rose Beige is its slightly deeper cousin, great for an accent wall or built-ins when you want some depth without changing the mood.

The neutrals are what keep this from feeling sweet. Warm Linen is your trim and ceiling color, bright but never stark, and Greige Mist adds a soft gray-brown that calms everything down. Together they give the blush room to breathe.

Then comes the fun part — Fern Green as the accent. Just a touch goes a long way here: a painted interior door, a velvet chair, or honestly just a few real plants. That little green is what makes the blush look intentional and current, not like a nursery from years ago.

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Petal Blush
Dominant
Behr Iced Cherry · S160-1
#E8C7BF
LRV 62
Soft Rose Beige
Secondary
Valspar Sunset Curtains · 1007-10B
#D7B5A9
LRV 50
Warm Linen
Base
Glidden Pale Ecru · PPG1195-1
#F2EBE1
LRV 84
Greige Mist
Support
Benjamin Moore Ashen Tan · 996
#C9BEAF
LRV 51
Fern Green
Accent
Behr Terrain · MQ6-47
#6F8159
LRV 20

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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.

Petal Blush
#E7C7BE · LRV 62 · Dominant
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6057 · ΔE 5.45
Behr · S160-1 · ΔE 0.63
Benjamin Moore · 1186 · ΔE 1.01
Valspar · 2001-8C · ΔE 1.04
PPG / Glidden · PPG1067-3 · ΔE 1
Glidden · PPG1068-3 · ΔE 2.56
Dutch Boy · 303-1DB · ΔE 2.69
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3057 · ΔE 5.45
Dunn-Edwards · DE6101 · ΔE 3.16
Magnolia Home · JG-26 · ΔE 1.73
Farrow & Ball · NO. 311 · ΔE 7.06
Diamond Vogel · 0069 · ΔE 2.65
Hirshfield's · H0034 · ΔE 2.61
Rodda · CA055 · ΔE 8.55
C2 Paint · BD51 · ΔE 3.45
Clare · PNT100-LT-60 · ΔE 3.09
Portola Paints · GYPSY · ΔE 8.03
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 11.99
Backdrop · BD-AU · ΔE 4.15
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 4.71
Kompozit · 0069 · ΔE 2.5
Soft Rose Beige
#D9B8AC · LRV 52 · Secondary
Sherwin-Williams · SW 56 · ΔE 4.49
Behr · MQ1-23 · ΔE 1.69
Benjamin Moore · 2094-50 · ΔE 2.96
Valspar · 1007-10B · ΔE 0.8
PPG / Glidden · PPG1071-4 · ΔE 3.52
Glidden · PPG1071-4 · ΔE 3.75
Dutch Boy · 410-2DB · ΔE 3.83
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3056 · ΔE 3.4
Dunn-Edwards · DET434 · ΔE 4.75
Magnolia Home · JG-133 · ΔE 8.34
Farrow & Ball · NO. 9906 · ΔE 3.4
Diamond Vogel · 0147 · ΔE 3.68
Hirshfield's · 0147 · ΔE 2.86
Rodda · CA051 · ΔE 6.65
C2 Paint · BD6 · ΔE 7.09
Clare · PNT100-LT-60 · ΔE 3.65
Portola Paints · ANGEL'S LANDING · ΔE 4.34
Annie Sloan · PALOMA · ΔE 8.81
Backdrop · BD-BG · ΔE 2.54
Rust-Oleum · 285143 · ΔE 15.06
Kompozit · 0147 · ΔE 2.86
Warm Linen
#F2EAE0 · LRV 83 · Base
Sherwin-Williams · SW 8917 · ΔE 1.71
Behr · PWN-52 · ΔE 0.99
Benjamin Moore · 2163-70 · ΔE 0.88
Valspar · 7003-16 · ΔE 2.77
PPG / Glidden · PPG1195-1 · ΔE 0.53
Glidden · PPG1195-1 · ΔE 0.52
Dutch Boy · 019W · ΔE 2.46
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4055 · ΔE 1.71
Dunn-Edwards · DE6120 · ΔE 1
Magnolia Home · JG-111 · ΔE 3.31
Farrow & Ball · NO. 302 · ΔE 2.39
Diamond Vogel · 0003 · ΔE 0.99
Hirshfield's · 0003 · ΔE 1.24
Rodda · R009 · ΔE 2.49
C2 Paint · C2-547 · ΔE 1.46
Clare · PNT100-LT-12 · ΔE 4.61
Portola Paints · KASHMIR · ΔE 0.58
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 11.04
Backdrop · BD-JA · ΔE 3.01
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 5.98
Kompozit · 0003 · ΔE 1.24
Greige Mist
#CBBFB0 · LRV 53 · Support
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7511 · ΔE 0.97
Behr · T12-14 · ΔE 0.8
Benjamin Moore · 996 · ΔE 0.58
Valspar · 6006-1B · ΔE 1.65
PPG / Glidden · PPG1023-3 · ΔE 1.39
Glidden · PPG1023-3 · ΔE 1.02
Dutch Boy · 420-2DB · ΔE 1.99
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2496 · ΔE 0.97
Dunn-Edwards · DEC752 · ΔE 1.26
Magnolia Home · JG-133 · ΔE 2.86
Farrow & Ball · NO. 211 · ΔE 2.7
Diamond Vogel · 0188 · ΔE 1.31
Hirshfield's · 0567 · ΔE 1.58
Rodda · CA034 · ΔE 0.8
C2 Paint · C2-800 · ΔE 3.05
Clare · PNT100-LT-09 · ΔE 7.57
Portola Paints · TOPANGA · ΔE 3.45
Annie Sloan · PARIS GREY · ΔE 6.87
Backdrop · BD-BG · ΔE 10.88
Rust-Oleum · 285143 · ΔE 10.7
Kompozit · 0567 · ΔE 1.58
Fern Green
#6F7E5A · LRV 19 · Accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6445 · ΔE 5.04
Behr · MQ6-47 · ΔE 1.6
Benjamin Moore · 489 · ΔE 3.33
Valspar · 6001-6C · ΔE 3.04
PPG / Glidden · PPG11-16 · ΔE 2.63
Glidden · PPG11-16 · ΔE 2.28
Dutch Boy · 226-6DB · ΔE 4.7
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2263 · ΔE 5.04
Dunn-Edwards · DE5538 · ΔE 4.53
Magnolia Home · JG-58 · ΔE 2.59
Farrow & Ball · NO. 199 · ΔE 3.36
Diamond Vogel · 0437 · ΔE 4.85
Hirshfield's · 0437 · ΔE 3.57
Rodda · CA179 · ΔE 7.73
C2 Paint · C2-663 · ΔE 7.81
Clare · PNT100-DP-61 · ΔE 3.55
Portola Paints · CIGARRO · ΔE 21.66
Annie Sloan · COCO · ΔE 14.78
Backdrop · BD-OS · ΔE 6.72
Rust-Oleum · 391446 · ΔE 17.62
Kompozit · 0437 · ΔE 3.57

Questions

Why does fern green work with blush pink?

Pink and green sit across from each other on the color wheel, so the soft fern makes the blush look fresh instead of sugary. Keeping the green muted and a little gray stops the pair from feeling like a holiday clash.

How much blush should I actually use?

Let blush lead — think roughly two-thirds of the room on the walls, with the neutrals filling in and just a small hit of fern on a door, a chair, or some plants.

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