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Emerald & Gold Bedroom Color Scheme

A rich, jewel-toned bedroom built on deep emerald walls, soft ivory trim, and warm gold accents. Every shade here is matched to real paint you can buy.

By David Chen · Formulation Lead & Resident Chemist

Start with Deep Emerald on the walls and the whole room settles into something rich and restful. This is a color that wraps a bedroom in quiet, like a deep forest at dusk, and it makes a space feel private and grown-up the moment you close the door. It pairs beautifully with warm wood, brass, and soft bedding, and it hides the day so you can wind down. In a bedroom, that enveloping depth is exactly what you want.

To keep all that green from feeling heavy, lift it with Soft Ivory on the trim, doors, and ceiling. The warm, creamy tone frames the emerald and bounces light around so the room still breathes. Then add Warm Gold in small doses, a lamp, a mirror frame, a few hardware pulls, for that touch of glow that makes the whole scheme feel luxe. Put the emerald on the walls, the ivory on every edge, and let the gold sparkle in just a few spots.

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Deep Emerald
walls
Sherwin-Williams Hunt Club · SW 6468
#2A4F43
LRV 6
Soft Ivory
trim
Behr Dover Cliffs · ECC-28-2
#F0E9D8
LRV 82
Warm Gold
accent
Dunn-Edwards Where Buffalo Roam · DET480
#C19851
LRV 33

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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.

Deep Emerald
#2F5246 · LRV 7 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6468 · ΔE 1.19
Behr · 460F-7 · ΔE 4.02
Benjamin Moore · 2051-10 · ΔE 3.89
Valspar · 6009-5 · ΔE 3.27
PPG / Glidden · PPG1137-7 · ΔE 2.39
Glidden · PPG1137-7 · ΔE 2.39
Dutch Boy · 328-6DB · ΔE 1.19
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2291 · ΔE 1.19
Dunn-Edwards · DESS29 · ΔE 3.43
Magnolia Home · JG-161 · ΔE 12.13
Farrow & Ball · NO. 93 · ΔE 11.64
Diamond Vogel · 0473 · ΔE 9.22
Hirshfield's · 0711 · ΔE 4.25
Rodda · R089 · ΔE 16.58
C2 Paint · C2-694 · ΔE 4.78
Clare · PNT100-DP-54 · ΔE 15.6
Portola Paints · LOST HIGHWAY · ΔE 13.68
Annie Sloan · AUBUSSON BLUE · ΔE 12.4
Backdrop · BD-NE · ΔE 5.95
Rust-Oleum · 391445 · ΔE 4.3
Kompozit · 0711 · ΔE 4.25
Soft Ivory
#EFE8D7 · LRV 81 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7563 · ΔE 0.49
Behr · ECC-28-2 · ΔE 0.22
Benjamin Moore · 947 · ΔE 0.46
Valspar · 8003-25A · ΔE 0.98
PPG / Glidden · PPG1098-1 · ΔE 0.52
Glidden · PPG14-23 · ΔE 0.79
Dutch Boy · 008W · ΔE 0.86
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4033 · ΔE 1.68
Dunn-Edwards · DE6190 · ΔE 1.11
Magnolia Home · JG-16 · ΔE 0.46
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2002 · ΔE 0.52
Diamond Vogel · 0285 · ΔE 1.49
Hirshfield's · 0014 · ΔE 1.46
Rodda · R127 · ΔE 0.22
C2 Paint · C2-596 · ΔE 0.72
Clare · PNT100-LT-62 · ΔE 1.84
Portola Paints · CASA FORMA · ΔE 1.1
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 9.57
Backdrop · BD-DS · ΔE 2.54
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 3.62
Kompozit · 0014 · ΔE 1.46
Warm Gold
#C2974A · LRV 34 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6396 · ΔE 1.8
Behr · 310F-5 · ΔE 2.04
Benjamin Moore · 217 · ΔE 1.18
Valspar · V055-5 · ΔE 2.41
PPG / Glidden · PPG1106-6 · ΔE 2.03
Glidden · PPG1106-6 · ΔE 2.01
Dutch Boy · 319-6DB · ΔE 1.8
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2203 · ΔE 4.25
Dunn-Edwards · DET480 · ΔE 1.1
Magnolia Home · JG-152 · ΔE 9.6
Farrow & Ball · NO. 66 · ΔE 2.94
Diamond Vogel · 0928 · ΔE 1.5
Hirshfield's · H0029 · ΔE 3.52
Rodda · R053 · ΔE 2.67
C2 Paint · C2-634 · ΔE 2.7
Clare · PNT100-DP-59 · ΔE 4.88
Portola Paints · BANDELIER · ΔE 9.92
Annie Sloan · BARCELONA ORANGE · ΔE 12.81
Backdrop · BD-CT · ΔE 15.33
Rust-Oleum · 398640 · ΔE 12.27
Kompozit · 0928 · ΔE 3.51

Questions

Will deep emerald walls make a bedroom feel too dark?

Not if you balance them. The depth actually makes a bedroom feel cozy and calm, like a quiet retreat. Keep your trim and ceiling light, and let in soft lamp light at night to keep the room from feeling closed in.

How much gold should I use in this scheme?

A little goes a long way. Think a few small touches, like drawer pulls, a frame, or a lamp base. Gold reads as luxe when it stays an accent, not when it covers a whole surface.

What sheen works best for the emerald walls?

A matte or eggshell finish suits a bedroom. It softens the deep color, hides small wall flaws, and keeps the room feeling restful rather than shiny.

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