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Farmhouse Kitchen Palette — Warm White & Soft Sage

A cozy 5-color farmhouse kitchen scheme with warm white walls, soft sage cabinets, creamy trim, natural wood tan, and a black accent. Every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

Warm White
Walls
Kompozit Bunny Cake · 0012
#F5EFE2
LRV 87
Soft Sage
Cabinets
Kompozit Green Glass · 0751
#AAB892
LRV 45
Creamy Trim
Trim & Ceiling
Kompozit Sugar Dust · 0011
#F8F6ED
LRV 92
Natural Wood
Open Shelving & Floors
Kompozit Gold Ransom · 0892
#B39260
LRV 31
Soft Black
Hardware & Accent
Kompozit Silent Sea · 0515
#2A2B2C
LRV 2
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A farmhouse kitchen lives or dies on warmth, so this palette starts there. The walls wear a warm white that has a touch of cream in it, the kind that glows in afternoon light instead of going cold and blue. It is the quiet backdrop everything else leans on.

The cabinets bring in a soft sage, muted and slightly gray so it feels grown-up rather than minty. A creamy trim sits just a shade cleaner than the walls, framing windows and doors without shouting. Natural wood comes through on open shelving, a butcher-block counter, or the floor, adding the lived-in texture farmhouse style is built on.

Finally, a soft black ties it together through hardware, a faucet, and light fixtures. Used in small doses it sharpens the whole room and keeps the soft colors from feeling washed out.

Buy These Colors

Each color matched to the closest real paint in every brand, by ΔE2000. Kompozit first; take any SKU to the store — these mix on demand.

Warm White
#F3EFE6 · LRV 87 · Walls
Kompozit Bunny Cake · 0012 ΔE 1.72
Backdrop Tabula Rasa · BD-TR ΔE 1.59
Behr Nude W-f-210 · W-F-210 ΔE 1.21
Benjamin Moore Alabaster · 876 ΔE 0.91
Clare Wing It · PNT100-LT-24 ΔE 2.52
Dunn-Edwards Latte Froth · DE6239 ΔE 0.59
Farrow & Ball Pointing · No. 2003 ΔE 2.13
Magnolia Home Silos White · JG-107 ΔE 1.14
PPG / Glidden Crumb Cookie · 18-01 ΔE 1.21
Sherwin-Williams White Flour · SW 7102 ΔE 0.55
Valspar Wedding Cake · V151 ΔE 0.5
Soft Sage
#AFB79C · LRV 45 · Cabinets
Kompozit Green Glass · 0751 ΔE 3.87
Backdrop Le Freak · BD-LF ΔE 3.66
Behr Moss Print · PPU11-08 ΔE 1.59
Benjamin Moore Croquet · AF-455 ΔE 2.16
Clare Avocado Toast · PNT100-MD-49 ΔE 3.72
Dunn-Edwards Pistachio Shell · DE6263 ΔE 3.13
Farrow & Ball Blue Gray · No. 91 ΔE 5.19
Magnolia Home Early Riser · JG-59 ΔE 3.97
PPG / Glidden Mellow Mood · 1030-3 ΔE 1.94
Sherwin-Williams Koi Pond · SW 7727 ΔE 6.4
Valspar Green Trellis · 5006-3C ΔE 2.94
Creamy Trim
#FAF7EE · LRV 93 · Trim & Ceiling
Kompozit Sugar Dust · 0011 ΔE 0.55
Backdrop Tabula Rasa · BD-TR ΔE 1.58
Behr Cotton Blossom · BWC-07 ΔE 0.8
Benjamin Moore Snowfall White · 2144-70 ΔE 1.94
Clare Timeless · PNT100-LT-04 ΔE 1.08
Dunn-Edwards White Crest · DEW357 ΔE 0.99
Farrow & Ball All White · No. 2005 ΔE 2.42
Magnolia Home True White · JG-21 ΔE 2.35
PPG / Glidden Delicate White · 1001-1 ΔE 2.88
Sherwin-Williams High Reflective White · SW 7757 ΔE 1.74
Valspar Ultra White · 7006-24 ΔE 2.06
Natural Wood
#B89366 · LRV 32 · Open Shelving & Floors
Kompozit Gold Ransom · 0892 ΔE 2.33
Backdrop Anita · BD-AN ΔE 9.46
Behr Windswept Leaves · S280-5 ΔE 1.92
Benjamin Moore Classic Caramel · 1118 ΔE 0.67
Clare Good as Gold · PNT100-DP-59 ΔE 4.48
Dunn-Edwards Maple View · DE6152 ΔE 1.49
Farrow & Ball India Yellow · No. 66 ΔE 6.35
Magnolia Home Vintage Crown · JG-152 ΔE 4.42
PPG / Glidden Honey Haven · 1089-6 ΔE 1.45
Sherwin-Williams Baguette · SW 6123 ΔE 1.29
Valspar African Savannah · T509 ΔE 3.17
Soft Black
#2B2A28 · LRV 2 · Hardware & Accent
Kompozit Silent Sea · 0515 ΔE 2.25
Backdrop Hocus Pocus · BD-HP ΔE 5.8
Behr Beluga · 770F-7 ΔE 5.86
Benjamin Moore Black · PM-9 ΔE 2.31
Clare Blackish · PNT100-DP-54 ΔE 9.42
Dunn-Edwards Black · DEA187 ΔE 5.38
Farrow & Ball Pitch Black · No. 256 ΔE 5.02
Magnolia Home Blackboard · JG-05 ΔE 6.16
PPG / Glidden Black Magic · 1001-7 ΔE 7.29
Sherwin-Williams Tricorn Black · SW 6258 ΔE 2.63
Valspar Dark Kettle Black · 4011-2 ΔE 3.48

Questions

How much black should a farmhouse kitchen have?

Just enough to outline the room. Keep black to hardware, a faucet, light fixtures, or a single window frame. As a whole cabinet color it can feel heavy, so let it punctuate the warm whites and sage rather than compete with them.

Will soft sage cabinets date quickly?

This sage is muted and grayed rather than bright, so it sits closer to a neutral than a trend color. Paired with warm white and natural wood it reads timeless, the same way greens have looked at home in farmhouse kitchens for decades.

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