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Blush & Olive Color Scheme

A soft pink and earthy green pairing that feels gentle, grounded, and quietly modern, all matched to real paint you can buy.

By Maya Patel · Reviews Editor & Product Tester

Warm Blush sets a soft, welcoming mood the moment you walk in. It is a dusty pink with a touch of brown in it, so it feels warm and grown-up instead of sweet. Pairing it with green is the trick that makes it work: the cool, earthy tone keeps the blush honest and calm, and together they feel organic, like something pulled from a garden rather than a paint chip.

That green comes in as Muted Olive, a gray-green that grounds the whole scheme and gives the blush something solid to lean on. Soft Cream lifts everything with a warm, milky glow, so the palette never feels heavy. This trio is happy to flow through a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen, or your whole home, blush on the big walls, olive on trim or a smaller wall, and cream wherever you want a little breathing room.

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Warm Blush
walls
Magnolia Home Cabbage Rose · JG-26
#E8C3B8
LRV 60
Muted Olive
trim
Behr Martini Olive · PMD-47
#84825A
LRV 22
Soft Cream
accent
PPG / Glidden Creamy White · PPG1105-1
#F0E8D5
LRV 81

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Warm Blush
#E6C5BB · LRV 60 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 70 · ΔE 2.19
Behr · S210-2 · ΔE 1.65
Benjamin Moore · 1192 · ΔE 1.27
Valspar · 8003-12C · ΔE 4.01
PPG / Glidden · PPG1068-3 · ΔE 2.44
Glidden · PPG1068-3 · ΔE 2.7
Dutch Boy · 304-2DB · ΔE 2.68
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3057 · ΔE 5.53
Dunn-Edwards · DE6101 · ΔE 2.9
Magnolia Home · JG-26 · ΔE 1.24
Farrow & Ball · NO. 311 · ΔE 7.09
Diamond Vogel · 0042 · ΔE 1.29
Hirshfield's · H0034 · ΔE 2.41
Rodda · CA061 · ΔE 7.73
C2 Paint · BD51 · ΔE 3.37
Clare · PNT100-LT-60 · ΔE 2.97
Portola Paints · LA CONCHITA · ΔE 8.73
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 11.78
Backdrop · BD-AU · ΔE 3.95
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 5.27
Kompozit · 0069 · ΔE 2.79
Muted Olive
#86825A · LRV 22 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6179 · ΔE 4.65
Behr · PMD-47 · ΔE 0.83
Benjamin Moore · 2144-20 · ΔE 2.53
Valspar · 6005-4B · ΔE 2.57
PPG / Glidden · PPG11-26 · ΔE 2.92
Glidden · 70YY 21/210 · ΔE 0.85
Dutch Boy · 325-4DB · ΔE 5.32
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3243 · ΔE 4.65
Dunn-Edwards · DE5496 · ΔE 2.15
Magnolia Home · JG-58 · ΔE 5.53
Farrow & Ball · NO. 34 · ΔE 8.66
Diamond Vogel · 0403 · ΔE 3.51
Hirshfield's · 0416 · ΔE 2.52
Rodda · R040 · ΔE 9.52
C2 Paint · C2-856 · ΔE 7.54
Clare · PNT100-DP-52 · ΔE 11.33
Portola Paints · MIEL · ΔE 17.05
Annie Sloan · COCO · ΔE 8.59
Backdrop · BD-OS · ΔE 3.32
Rust-Oleum · 391446 · ΔE 13.51
Kompozit · 0416 · ΔE 2.52
Soft Cream
#F1E9D7 · LRV 82 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7558 · ΔE 0.97
Behr · ECC-28-2 · ΔE 0.51
Benjamin Moore · 946 · ΔE 1.36
Valspar · 8003-25A · ΔE 0.75
PPG / Glidden · PPG1105-1 · ΔE 0.46
Glidden · PPG1105-1 · ΔE 0.72
Dutch Boy · 116-1DB · ΔE 0.92
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 1187 · ΔE 0.51
Dunn-Edwards · DE6190 · ΔE 1.24
Magnolia Home · JG-33 · ΔE 1.86
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2002 · ΔE 0.91
Diamond Vogel · 0009 · ΔE 0.54
Hirshfield's · 0285 · ΔE 1
Rodda · R127 · ΔE 0.51
C2 Paint · C2-596 · ΔE 1.01
Clare · PNT100-LT-62 · ΔE 1.54
Portola Paints · CASA FORMA · ΔE 0.79
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 9.39
Backdrop · BD-DS · ΔE 2.25
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 3.46
Kompozit · 0285 · ΔE 1

Questions

what colors go with warm blush?

Earthy greens like the muted olive here are a natural match, since the cool green calms blush down and keeps it from feeling sweet. Creamy off-whites and warm woods round it out beautifully.

is blush and olive too trendy?

Not at all. These are both muted, dusty tones rather than loud ones, so the combination reads timeless and lived-in instead of of-the-moment.

what undertones should I watch for?

Keep the blush warm and slightly brown rather than candy pink, and choose an olive that leans gray-green, not bright. That balance is what makes the pair feel grown-up.

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