A study is the one room that earns going deep. This palette leads with Library Burgundy, a soft wine red with a brown undertone that turns walls into something you sink into rather than just look at. In low evening light it reads almost like worn leather, which is exactly the feeling you want when you sit down to read or work.
To keep it from swallowing the room, I wrap the burgundy in Warm Oat as a calmer backdrop wall and lift the edges with Soft Linen on the trim and ceiling. Walnut Brown carries through on shelving and the desk, echoing the red in the burgundy so the whole room feels of a piece, warm and a little vintage.
Save Inkwell, the near-black, for the smallest moments: the inside of a bookcase, a single built-in, the back of a niche. Used on one quiet surface it gives your eye a place to rest and makes the burgundy glow that much warmer around it.