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Blush Living Room Palette — Dawn Blush & Soft Clay

A warm five-color living room scheme led by soft blush, balanced by a greige backdrop, a clean white, a walnut wood tone, and a deep plum accent — every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

Blush has quietly grown up. In a living room, Dawn Blush on the walls gives you that first-light warmth — soft, barely-there color that turns golden in lamplight and stays restful by day. It is the kind of shade that makes a room feel held rather than decorated.

Around it, Soft Greige earns its keep on built-ins or a media cabinet, while Quiet White keeps the trim and ceiling fresh and lets the blush breathe. Walnut Brown comes in through floors and wood furniture, grounding all that softness with something honest and a little rugged.

Then Deep Plum does the contemporary work — a moody, dusty accent on a chair or a single wall that keeps the whole scheme from drifting too sweet. Lead with the blush, let the neutrals do the quiet talking, and save the plum for the moments you want the eye to land.

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Dawn Blush
Walls
Dutch Boy Thinking Pink · 305-1DB
#E8D0C6
LRV 66
Soft Greige
Cabinets or Vanity
PPG / Glidden Cool Concrete · PPG1023-2
#D8CFC1
LRV 63
Quiet White
Trim & Ceiling
Dunn-Edwards Light Beige · DE6211
#F5EFE8
LRV 80
Walnut Brown
Wood & Floors
Valspar Cowboy Hat · 3010-8
#6D4934
LRV 8
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.

Dawn Blush
#E7CFC6 · LRV 66 · Walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6323 · ΔE 1.6
Behr · S180-1 · ΔE 1.77
Benjamin Moore · 1177 · ΔE 0.71
Valspar · 1006-10C · ΔE 1.82
PPG / Glidden · PPG1065-3 · ΔE 1.79
Glidden · PPG1065-3 · ΔE 1.38
Dutch Boy · 305-1DB · ΔE 0.52
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2067 · ΔE 1.6
Dunn-Edwards · DE6051 · ΔE 1.97
Magnolia Home · JG-24 · ΔE 2.16
Farrow & Ball · NO. 230 · ΔE 2.27
Diamond Vogel · 0125 · ΔE 1.22
Hirshfield's · 0125 · ΔE 0.71
Rodda · R121 · ΔE 2.34
C2 Paint · C2-834 · ΔE 6.05
Clare · PNT100-LT-20 · ΔE 6.1
Portola Paints · GYPSY · ΔE 5.63
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 10.35
Backdrop · BD-AU · ΔE 3.73
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 3.71
Kompozit · 0125 · ΔE 0.71
Soft Greige
#D8CFC2 · LRV 63 · Cabinets or Vanity
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9616 · ΔE 1.18
Behr · PPU7-09 · ΔE 0.79
Benjamin Moore · 982 · ΔE 0.93
Valspar · 8005-5A · ΔE 1.02
PPG / Glidden · PPG1023-2 · ΔE 0.45
Glidden · PPG1023-2 · ΔE 0.91
Dutch Boy · 440-1DB · ΔE 0.85
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2497 · ΔE 2.01
Dunn-Edwards · DE6213 · ΔE 0.45
Magnolia Home · JG-55 · ΔE 4.41
Farrow & Ball · NO. 300 · ΔE 0.5
Diamond Vogel · 0224 · ΔE 2.77
Hirshfield's · 0572 · ΔE 2.87
Rodda · R025 · ΔE 1.08
C2 Paint · C2-945 · ΔE 1.58
Clare · PNT100-LT-17 · ΔE 1.31
Portola Paints · FIGUEROA · ΔE 1.9
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 7.29
Backdrop · BD-RR · ΔE 2.3
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 9.23
Kompozit · 0572 · ΔE 2.87
Quiet White
#F4EEE6 · LRV 86 · Trim & Ceiling
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7100 · ΔE 0.55
Behr · ECC-56-2 · ΔE 0.55
Benjamin Moore · 876 · ΔE 1.41
Valspar · V156 · ΔE 0.55
PPG / Glidden · PPG0998-1 · ΔE 2.51
Glidden · 61YY 85/050 · ΔE 0.81
Dutch Boy · 020W · ΔE 1.5
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4053 · ΔE 1.21
Dunn-Edwards · DE6211 · ΔE 0.54
Magnolia Home · JG-107 · ΔE 1.9
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2003 · ΔE 2.36
Diamond Vogel · 0012 · ΔE 2.06
Hirshfield's · 0012 · ΔE 2.28
Rodda · CA013 · ΔE 1.64
C2 Paint · C2-932 · ΔE 1
Clare · PNT100-LT-24 · ΔE 1.34
Portola Paints · ORIGAMI · ΔE 1.7
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 12.32
Backdrop · BD-JA · ΔE 2.49
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 6.11
Kompozit · 0012 · ΔE 2.28
Walnut Brown
#6B4A38 · LRV 8 · Wood & Floors
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6097 · ΔE 4.22
Behr · ECC-42-3 · ΔE 4.23
Benjamin Moore · 2105-10 · ΔE 1.76
Valspar · 3010-8 · ΔE 1.39
PPG / Glidden · PPG1072-7 · ΔE 2.66
Glidden · PPG1072-7 · ΔE 2.43
Dutch Boy · 313-7DB · ΔE 2.36
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3101 · ΔE 4.22
Dunn-Edwards · DE6049 · ΔE 4.12
Magnolia Home · JG-171 · ΔE 4.68
Farrow & Ball · NO. W101 · ΔE 6.29
Diamond Vogel · 0137 · ΔE 3.7
Hirshfield's · 0130 · ΔE 3.32
Rodda · CA219 · ΔE 4.48
C2 Paint · C2-550 · ΔE 7.1
Clare · PNT100-DP-67 · ΔE 9.94
Portola Paints · PONDEROSA · ΔE 14.75
Annie Sloan · PRIMER RED · ΔE 8.51
Backdrop · BD-IT · ΔE 4.29
Rust-Oleum · 391445 · ΔE 27.97
Kompozit · 0130 · ΔE 3.32
Deep Plum
#5A3A47 · LRV 6 · Accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7577 · ΔE 2.2
Behr · T15-4 · ΔE 3.27
Benjamin Moore · CC-34 · ΔE 1.81
Valspar · 8003-2G · ΔE 3.04
PPG / Glidden · PPG1048-7 · ΔE 3.65
Glidden · 85RR 05/082 · ΔE 5.81
Dutch Boy · 402-7DB · ΔE 6.13
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3011 · ΔE 5.15
Dunn-Edwards · DEA194 · ΔE 3.24
Magnolia Home · JG-102 · ΔE 6.4
Farrow & Ball · NO. 222 · ΔE 4.78
Diamond Vogel · H065 · ΔE 4.38
Hirshfield's · 1222 · ΔE 3.68
Rodda · R119 · ΔE 4.37
C2 Paint · C2-504 · ΔE 1.74
Clare · PNT100-DP-54 · ΔE 16.46
Portola Paints · POE · ΔE 6.13
Annie Sloan · BURGUNDY · ΔE 10.28
Backdrop · BD-IT · ΔE 14.73
Rust-Oleum · 285144 · ΔE 19.04
Kompozit · 1222 · ΔE 3.68

Questions

Why does blush work as a living room wall color?

Blush reads as a soft neutral with a warm pulse, so it flatters skin tones and evening light without feeling pink or precious. Paired with greige and a clean white, it stays grown-up and calm.

How much of the deep plum should I use?

Keep it to roughly one-fifth of the room — a pair of chairs, a throw, or a single painted nook. It gives the blush something to lean against so the scheme feels anchored, not sweet.

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