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Hunter Green Dining Room Palette — Classic Hunter & Warm White

A moody, classic 4-color dining room scheme with hunter green walls, warm white trim, a gold accent, and a charcoal anchor for a rich, formal room. Every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

A dining room is made for drama, and hunter green delivers it without ever feeling fussy. Classic hunter on the walls is deep, traditional, and a little formal — the kind of green that looks rich by daylight and downright glamorous under candlelight or a chandelier in the evening.

A warm white on the trim, ceiling, and wainscoting frames all that depth and keeps the room from feeling closed in during the day. Charcoal can carry through on a built-in hutch or sideboard, sitting close to the green so the room reads layered rather than busy. The detail that makes it sing is antique gold — a mirror, light fixture, or frame — whose warm shimmer brings out the elegance in the hunter green. It is a timeless, dressed-up scheme that turns an ordinary dining room into a real occasion.

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Classic Hunter
Walls
Behr Deep Forest · BXC-12
#304230
LRV 5
Warm White
Trim & Ceiling
Sherwin-Williams Greek Villa · SW 7551
#F0ECE2
LRV 84
Antique Gold
Accent
Benjamin Moore Aztec Yellow · 2152-20
#B89045
LRV 31
Charcoal
Built-ins
Sherwin-Williams Night Watch · SW 9680
#303636
LRV 4

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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.

Classic Hunter
#26402E · LRV 4 · Walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 2847 · ΔE 6.48
Behr · BXC-12 · ΔE 2.88
Benjamin Moore · HC-189 · ΔE 5.27
Valspar · 6011-5 · ΔE 7.43
PPG / Glidden · PPG0995-7 · ΔE 14.82
Glidden · 50GG 05/063 · ΔE 9.94
Dutch Boy · 329-7DB · ΔE 6.48
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3291 · ΔE 9.98
Dunn-Edwards · DEA180 · ΔE 8.23
Magnolia Home · JG-150 · ΔE 20.47
Farrow & Ball · NO. G18 · ΔE 15.26
Diamond Vogel · H101 · ΔE 15.4
Hirshfield's · 0473 · ΔE 9.71
Rodda · CA213 · ΔE 18.89
C2 Paint · C2-677 · ΔE 10.4
Clare · PNT100-DP-54 · ΔE 15.57
Portola Paints · GHOST TREE · ΔE 15.65
Annie Sloan · AUBUSSON BLUE · ΔE 14.82
Backdrop · BD-AH · ΔE 11.47
Rust-Oleum · 285144 · ΔE 15.1
Kompozit · 0473 · ΔE 9.71
Warm White
#F1EDE3 · LRV 85 · Trim & Ceiling
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7551 · ΔE 0.21
Behr · DC-003 · ΔE 0.88
Benjamin Moore · 2143-60 · ΔE 1.65
Valspar · 7002-7 · ΔE 0.5
PPG / Glidden · PPG1020-1 · ΔE 0.56
Glidden · PPG1015-1 · ΔE 0.53
Dutch Boy · 021W · ΔE 0.61
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4030 · ΔE 0.21
Dunn-Edwards · DE6120 · ΔE 2.95
Magnolia Home · JG-111 · ΔE 1.74
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2003 · ΔE 0.96
Diamond Vogel · 0412 · ΔE 1.66
Hirshfield's · 0558 · ΔE 0.21
Rodda · R010 · ΔE 0.5
C2 Paint · C2-708 · ΔE 0.62
Clare · PNT100-LT-24 · ΔE 2.95
Portola Paints · ORIGAMI · ΔE 2.28
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 12.05
Backdrop · BD-JA · ΔE 1
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 4.96
Kompozit · 0558 · ΔE 0.21
Antique Gold
#B8924A · LRV 31 · Accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6396 · ΔE 1.24
Behr · S300-5 · ΔE 1.65
Benjamin Moore · 2152-20 · ΔE 0.87
Valspar · P090 · ΔE 1.94
PPG / Glidden · PPG1108-7 · ΔE 4.73
Glidden · PPG1108-7 · ΔE 4.07
Dutch Boy · 319-6DB · ΔE 1.24
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2162 · ΔE 5.04
Dunn-Edwards · DE5362 · ΔE 1.61
Magnolia Home · JG-152 · ΔE 8.01
Farrow & Ball · NO. 45 · ΔE 7.01
Diamond Vogel · 0899 · ΔE 2.32
Hirshfield's · 0899 · ΔE 2.93
Rodda · R053 · ΔE 1.48
C2 Paint · C2-648 · ΔE 4.83
Clare · PNT100-DP-59 · ΔE 5.29
Portola Paints · BANDELIER · ΔE 9.52
Annie Sloan · CHATEAU GREY · ΔE 11.62
Backdrop · BD-AN · ΔE 14.15
Rust-Oleum · 398640 · ΔE 12.56
Kompozit · 0899 · ΔE 2.93
Charcoal
#343735 · LRV 4 · Built-ins
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9680 · ΔE 1.96
Behr · 790B-7 · ΔE 5.28
Benjamin Moore · 2128-10 · ΔE 3.51
Valspar · 5010-1 · ΔE 3.16
PPG / Glidden · PPG0995-7 · ΔE 2.97
Glidden · 00NN 05/000 · ΔE 4.01
Dutch Boy · 424-7DB · ΔE 3.28
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3291 · ΔE 3.28
Dunn-Edwards · DEA002 · ΔE 3.47
Magnolia Home · JG-05 · ΔE 5.46
Farrow & Ball · NO. G18 · ΔE 3.2
Diamond Vogel · H101 · ΔE 2.93
Hirshfield's · H0101 · ΔE 3.19
Rodda · CA210 · ΔE 7.87
C2 Paint · C2-981 · ΔE 3.02
Clare · PNT100-DP-54 · ΔE 6.1
Portola Paints · NEWTON'S INDIGO · ΔE 6.34
Annie Sloan · AUBUSSON BLUE · ΔE 9.87
Backdrop · BD-AH · ΔE 3.85
Rust-Oleum · 285144 · ΔE 3.52
Kompozit · 0529 · ΔE 2.54

Questions

Is hunter green too dark for a dining room?

Dining rooms are one of the best places for a dark, dramatic color because they are often used in the evening by lamplight. Hunter green feels intimate and elegant after dark, and the warm white trim keeps it from feeling heavy by day.

What metal finish suits hunter green?

Gold and brass are the classic pairing. The warm, antique glow plays off the deep green for a traditional, formal look, which is exactly the mood a hunter green dining room is usually after.

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