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Greige & White Bathroom Color Scheme

A soft, spa-quiet bathroom built on warm greige cabinets, an airy white wall, and a grounded bronze accent — all matched to real paint you can buy.

By Mark Thompson · Pro Contractor & Field Editor

Start with Warm Greige on the cabinets, the kind of soft grey-beige that feels expensive without trying. In a bathroom it does the heavy lifting: it’s warm enough to feel cozy on cold mornings, but quiet enough that the room never gets busy. Around mirrors and under good light it leans gently warm, which keeps everything looking restful and a little spa-like.

For the walls, Soft White is your breathing room — a creamy off-white that bounces light around and keeps a tight bathroom feeling airy instead of boxy. Then Aged Bronze is the small dark note that makes the whole thing look finished, best kept to hardware, a faucet, or a framed mirror. Put greige on the vanity, white on the walls and trim, and let bronze show up in the metal details.

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Warm Greige
cabinets
Sherwin-Williams Mushroom · SW 9587
#D0C7B7
LRV 57
Soft White
walls
Dunn-Edwards Latte Froth · DE6239
#F3F0E8
LRV 81
Aged Bronze
accent
Valspar Roasted Sepia · 6006-2C
#5C4E3E
LRV 8

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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.

Warm Greige
#CFC6B6 · LRV 57 · cabinets
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9587 · ΔE 0.25
Behr · PPU8-16 · ΔE 0.95
Benjamin Moore · 973 · ΔE 1.9
Valspar · V146-2 · ΔE 1.97
PPG / Glidden · PPG14-32 · ΔE 0.82
Glidden · PPG1021-2 · ΔE 0.8
Dutch Boy · 419-2DB · ΔE 1.9
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2487 · ΔE 0.85
Dunn-Edwards · DEGR22 · ΔE 2.18
Magnolia Home · JG-104 · ΔE 0.5
Farrow & Ball · NO. 9904 · ΔE 2.92
Diamond Vogel · 0217 · ΔE 0.5
Hirshfield's · 0196 · ΔE 0.82
Rodda · R032 · ΔE 1.22
C2 Paint · C2-911 · ΔE 0.5
Clare · PNT100-LT-17 · ΔE 2.62
Portola Paints · LUMIERE · ΔE 3.62
Annie Sloan · PARIS GREY · ΔE 5.66
Backdrop · BD-RR · ΔE 2.41
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 10.88
Kompozit · 0196 · ΔE 0.82
Soft White
#F3F0E8 · LRV 87 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7102 · ΔE 1.13
Behr · PWN-15 · ΔE 0.95
Benjamin Moore · AF-10 · ΔE 0.47
Valspar · 7007-4 · ΔE 1.01
PPG / Glidden · PPG0998-1 · ΔE 1
Glidden · 81YY 87/031 · ΔE 0.5
Dutch Boy · 004W · ΔE 0.42
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4053 · ΔE 1.13
Dunn-Edwards · DE6239 · ΔE 0
Magnolia Home · JG-107 · ΔE 0.62
Farrow & Ball · NO. 239 · ΔE 1.59
Diamond Vogel · 1020 · ΔE 1.71
Hirshfield's · 0411 · ΔE 1.51
Rodda · CA013 · ΔE 1.42
C2 Paint · C2-820 · ΔE 0.5
Clare · PNT100-LT-24 · ΔE 2.69
Portola Paints · ORIGAMI · ΔE 1.49
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 13.06
Backdrop · BD-TR · ΔE 1.59
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 5.57
Kompozit · 0411 · ΔE 1.51
Aged Bronze
#5C4F3E · LRV 8 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7034 · ΔE 1.27
Behr · N230-7 · ΔE 1.46
Benjamin Moore · 2137-20 · ΔE 1.17
Valspar · 6006-2C · ΔE 0.92
PPG / Glidden · PPG1022-7 · ΔE 1.33
Glidden · PPG1022-7 · ΔE 1.38
Dutch Boy · 420-7DB · ΔE 1.27
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3211 · ΔE 1.39
Dunn-Edwards · DE6063 · ΔE 4.73
Magnolia Home · JG-160 · ΔE 8.37
Farrow & Ball · NO. 313 · ΔE 6.39
Diamond Vogel · 0445 · ΔE 3.47
Hirshfield's · 0221 · ΔE 1.33
Rodda · CA066 · ΔE 4.44
C2 Paint · C2-917 · ΔE 6.22
Clare · PNT100-DP-55 · ΔE 10.74
Portola Paints · PONDEROSA · ΔE 5.4
Annie Sloan · RODMELL · ΔE 15.52
Backdrop · BD-IT · ΔE 6.92
Rust-Oleum · 391445 · ΔE 17.83
Kompozit · 0221 · ΔE 1.33

Questions

Will greige cabinets make a small bathroom feel darker?

No. Warm Greige is light and barely-there, so it reads as soft and calm rather than heavy. Paired with the bright Soft White walls, a small bathroom still feels open and clean.

What finish should I use on bathroom cabinets and walls?

Go with a satin or semi-gloss on the cabinets so they wipe clean and shrug off splashes. For the walls, a matte or eggshell that's rated for bathrooms handles steam without showing every drip.

Does the bronze accent have to be paint?

Not at all. The easiest way to land Aged Bronze is in your hardware, faucet, and mirror frame, but a painted vanity base or a single bronze-toned wall works just as well if you want more of it.

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