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Blush Color Palette — Reed & Rose

A soft five-color scheme led by warm blush, balanced with greige and oat neutrals and grounded by a muted reed-green accent — every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Maya Patel · Reviews Editor & Product Tester

Blush is having a quiet, grown-up moment in 2026, and this scheme leans into that. Reed Blush does the heavy lifting as the dominant color, with Dusty Rose stepping in a shade deeper for trim, a feature wall, or cabinetry.

The neutrals are where the balance lives. Warm Oat keeps ceilings and larger surfaces light and airy, while Soft Greige adds a grounded mid-tone so the pinks do not float off on their own.

The move that makes it modern is Muted Reed, a dusty olive-green accent. Used in small doses it cools the warmth just enough and stops the palette from reading too pretty. Lead with the blush, support it with the neutrals, and let the green be the spark.

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Reed Blush
Dominant
PPG / Glidden Au Naturel · PPG1067-3
#E7C9BF
LRV 63
Dusty Rose
Secondary
Dunn-Edwards Musk · DE6088
#CCA195
LRV 38
Warm Oat
Base
PPG / Glidden Angel Food · PPG1088-1
#F0E7D8
LRV 81
Soft Greige
Support
Sherwin-Williams Shiitake · SW 9173
#C8BCAB
LRV 51
Muted Reed
Accent
Dutch Boy Balsam Sprig · 325-4DB
#7D8366
LRV 22

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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.

Reed Blush
#E7C7BD · LRV 62 · Dominant
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6057 · ΔE 5.18
Behr · S160-1 · ΔE 1.05
Benjamin Moore · 1186 · ΔE 0.97
Valspar · 8003-12C · ΔE 3.88
PPG / Glidden · PPG1067-3 · ΔE 0.78
Glidden · PPG1068-3 · ΔE 2.31
Dutch Boy · 303-1DB · ΔE 2.81
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3057 · ΔE 5.18
Dunn-Edwards · DE6101 · ΔE 2.7
Magnolia Home · JG-26 · ΔE 1.68
Farrow & Ball · NO. 311 · ΔE 6.79
Diamond Vogel · 0042 · ΔE 1.45
Hirshfield's · H0034 · ΔE 2.18
Rodda · CA055 · ΔE 8.22
C2 Paint · BD51 · ΔE 3.74
Clare · PNT100-LT-60 · ΔE 2.8
Portola Paints · GYPSY · ΔE 8.09
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 11.55
Backdrop · BD-AU · ΔE 3.72
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 4.98
Kompozit · 0069 · ΔE 2.94
Dusty Rose
#CDA194 · LRV 41 · Secondary
Sherwin-Williams · SW 3 · ΔE 2.2
Behr · S180-4 · ΔE 1.63
Benjamin Moore · 1193 · ΔE 2.21
Valspar · V083-3 · ΔE 4.47
PPG / Glidden · PPG1056-4 · ΔE 3.01
Glidden · PPG1056-4 · ΔE 3.07
Dutch Boy · 305-3DB · ΔE 2.51
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3055 · ΔE 5.46
Dunn-Edwards · DE6088 · ΔE 0.44
Magnolia Home · JG-154 · ΔE 6.26
Farrow & Ball · NO. 315 · ΔE 5.29
Diamond Vogel · 0044 · ΔE 0.95
Hirshfield's · 0071 · ΔE 4.84
Rodda · R129 · ΔE 9.64
C2 Paint · C2-813 · ΔE 8.19
Clare · PNT100-MD-76 · ΔE 1.3
Portola Paints · HAVANA · ΔE 6.39
Annie Sloan · PALOMA · ΔE 12.2
Backdrop · BD-RO · ΔE 2.31
Rust-Oleum · 371674 · ΔE 22.26
Kompozit · 0071 · ΔE 4.84
Warm Oat
#EFE6D8 · LRV 80 · Base
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7101 · ΔE 1.32
Behr · PPL-51 · ΔE 0.52
Benjamin Moore · 947 · ΔE 2.22
Valspar · 7002-20 · ΔE 0.49
PPG / Glidden · PPG1088-1 · ΔE 0.47
Glidden · PPG1087-2 · ΔE 1.19
Dutch Boy · 018W · ΔE 0.98
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4033 · ΔE 0.98
Dunn-Edwards · DE6127 · ΔE 1.44
Magnolia Home · JG-23 · ΔE 1.41
Farrow & Ball · NO. CB9 · ΔE 2.35
Diamond Vogel · OW4 · ΔE 1.27
Hirshfield's · 0001 · ΔE 1.44
Rodda · CA008 · ΔE 1.92
C2 Paint · C2-595 · ΔE 1.56
Clare · PNT100-LT-62 · ΔE 1.57
Portola Paints · KASHMIR · ΔE 2.2
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 9.41
Backdrop · BD-DS · ΔE 4.18
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 5.2
Kompozit · 0001 · ΔE 1.44
Soft Greige
#C8BCAB · LRV 51 · Support
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9173 · ΔE 0
Behr · HDC-NT-16G · ΔE 1.01
Benjamin Moore · CW-145 · ΔE 1.66
Valspar · 2005-10B · ΔE 4.43
PPG / Glidden · PPG15-25 · ΔE 0.43
Glidden · PPG15-25 · ΔE 0
Dutch Boy · 421-2DB · ΔE 1.53
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3066 · ΔE 3.69
Dunn-Edwards · DET637 · ΔE 2.25
Magnolia Home · JG-109 · ΔE 1.06
Farrow & Ball · NO. 283 · ΔE 2.01
Diamond Vogel · 0336 · ΔE 1.24
Hirshfield's · H0109 · ΔE 2.39
Rodda · CA036 · ΔE 0.98
C2 Paint · C2-784 · ΔE 1.74
Clare · PNT100-LT-13 · ΔE 5.06
Portola Paints · TOPANGA · ΔE 4
Annie Sloan · PARIS GREY · ΔE 6.74
Backdrop · BD-BG · ΔE 11.55
Rust-Oleum · 285143 · ΔE 11.22
Kompozit · 0183 · ΔE 1.73
Muted Reed
#7C8467 · LRV 22 · Accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6179 · ΔE 2.14
Behr · S380-6 · ΔE 2.12
Benjamin Moore · 454 · ΔE 3.83
Valspar · 5007-4B · ΔE 1.32
PPG / Glidden · FLLW618 · ΔE 2.73
Glidden · 10GY 20/179 · ΔE 1.17
Dutch Boy · 325-4DB · ΔE 0.84
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3243 · ΔE 2.14
Dunn-Edwards · DE5656 · ΔE 2.75
Magnolia Home · JG-09 · ΔE 3.29
Farrow & Ball · NO. 34 · ΔE 3.53
Diamond Vogel · 0429 · ΔE 1.7
Hirshfield's · 0429 · ΔE 0.99
Rodda · R059 · ΔE 3.5
C2 Paint · C2-935 · ΔE 4.5
Clare · PNT100-DP-52 · ΔE 11.72
Portola Paints · BOND STREET · ΔE 9.69
Annie Sloan · COCO · ΔE 11.82
Backdrop · BD-OS · ΔE 4.99
Rust-Oleum · 391446 · ΔE 13.42
Kompozit · 0429 · ΔE 0.99

Questions

Why does blush work as the lead color here?

Blush reads as a soft warm neutral once you spread it across a whole wall, so it carries a room without ever feeling sweet. The deeper dusty rose backs it up, the oat and greige keep it calm, and the reed green adds just enough contrast to make it feel current.

How much of the green accent should I use?

Keep it small — think one-fifth of the scheme at most. A single piece of trim, a door, or one upholstered chair in the muted reed is plenty to give the blush something to push against.

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