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Green & Gold Bathroom Color Scheme

A moody, luxe bathroom scheme built on deep forest green cabinets, soft cream walls, and a warm gold accent — every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Emily Roberts · DIY Editor & First-Timer's Guide

A deep Forest Green on the vanity and cabinets is the move if you want your bathroom to feel like a quiet, grown-up retreat. It’s moody in the best way — rich and a little dramatic — and because it sits low in the room, it grounds the whole space and makes everything feel intentional. Painted cabinetry is also the easiest place to be bold, since you’re only committing a smaller surface to the darkest color.

To keep it from going too heavy, soft Warm Cream on the walls lifts the room and lets the green breathe, holding onto that warm, candlelit feeling rather than turning cold. Then a touch of Soft Gold is the spark that makes it all read luxe — save it for the faucet, the hardware, or a mirror frame. Green low, cream high, gold in the metal details, and you’ve got a small bathroom that feels far more expensive than it was.

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Forest Green
cabinets
Sherwin-Williams Dard Hunter Green · SW 41
#3A4A3F
LRV 6
Warm Cream
walls
C2 Paint Breathless · C2-595
#ECE5D5
LRV 79
Soft Gold
accent
Valspar Edgy Green · P090
#B79355
LRV 32

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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.

Forest Green
#33493B · LRV 6 · cabinets
Sherwin-Williams · SW 41 · ΔE 2.77
Behr · 480F-7 · ΔE 4.11
Benjamin Moore · 2041-10 · ΔE 3.45
Valspar · 5010-4 · ΔE 3.75
PPG / Glidden · PPG14-05 · ΔE 9.07
Glidden · 30GG 06/113 · ΔE 4.08
Dutch Boy · 329-6DB · ΔE 2.93
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2291 · ΔE 4.41
Dunn-Edwards · DEA180 · ΔE 6.44
Magnolia Home · JG-97 · ΔE 13.72
Farrow & Ball · NO. 93 · ΔE 9.47
Diamond Vogel · H098 · ΔE 10.31
Hirshfield's · H0099 · ΔE 7.33
Rodda · R090 · ΔE 13.02
C2 Paint · C2-694 · ΔE 3.06
Clare · PNT100-DP-54 · ΔE 13.03
Portola Paints · NOSTALGIA · ΔE 11.51
Annie Sloan · AUBUSSON BLUE · ΔE 12.22
Backdrop · BD-NE · ΔE 2.8
Rust-Oleum · 285144 · ΔE 13.27
Kompozit · 0431 · ΔE 7.73
Warm Cream
#EDE6D6 · LRV 79 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7013 · ΔE 1.28
Behr · ECC-24-2 · ΔE 0.41
Benjamin Moore · 970 · ΔE 0.93
Valspar · V176 · ΔE 0.98
PPG / Glidden · PPG14-23 · ΔE 0.56
Glidden · PPG1112-1 · ΔE 1.4
Dutch Boy · 017W · ΔE 1.2
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4033 · ΔE 1.36
Dunn-Edwards · DEW351 · ΔE 0.74
Magnolia Home · JG-16 · ΔE 0.82
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2010 · ΔE 2.34
Diamond Vogel · OW4 · ΔE 0.91
Hirshfield's · 0376 · ΔE 1.03
Rodda · CA016 · ΔE 1.75
C2 Paint · C2-595 · ΔE 0.22
Clare · PNT100-LT-62 · ΔE 1.8
Portola Paints · CASA FORMA · ΔE 1.3
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 9.41
Backdrop · BD-DS · ΔE 3.01
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 4.18
Kompozit · 0376 · ΔE 1.03
Soft Gold
#B79355 · LRV 32 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6396 · ΔE 1.85
Behr · MQ4-07 · ΔE 2.39
Benjamin Moore · AF-350 · ΔE 1.35
Valspar · P090 · ΔE 0
PPG / Glidden · 1091-6 · ΔE 2.14
Glidden · PPG1091-6 · ΔE 2.14
Dutch Boy · 319-6DB · ΔE 1.85
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2214 · ΔE 3.23
Dunn-Edwards · DE6167 · ΔE 1.32
Magnolia Home · JG-152 · ΔE 6.56
Farrow & Ball · NO. 45 · ΔE 5.27
Diamond Vogel · 0899 · ΔE 1.59
Hirshfield's · 0885 · ΔE 0.94
Rodda · R053 · ΔE 3.37
C2 Paint · C2-602 · ΔE 5.49
Clare · PNT100-DP-59 · ΔE 4.02
Portola Paints · BANDELIER · ΔE 8.09
Annie Sloan · CHATEAU GREY · ΔE 10.4
Backdrop · BD-AN · ΔE 12.42
Rust-Oleum · 398640 · ΔE 11.88
Kompozit · 0885 · ΔE 0.94

Questions

Does a dark green vanity make a small bathroom feel smaller?

Not the way you'd think. A deep green like this on the cabinets actually grounds the room and makes it feel rich and tucked-in, especially with light cream walls keeping everything above it bright and open.

How do I add the gold without it looking too much?

Keep it to the small stuff — faucet, drawer pulls, a framed mirror, or a towel ring. A little warm gold against the green reads expensive, while gold everywhere starts to feel busy.

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