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Mauve & Cream Bedroom Color Scheme

A soft, romantic bedroom palette built on dusty mauve, warm cream, and a deep rosewood accent, all matched to real paint you can buy.

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

Start with Dusty Mauve on the walls. It is a soft, grayed rose that wraps a bedroom in warmth without tipping into anything loud or sweet. In morning light it leans gentle and pink, and by evening it settles into a muted, restful tone, which is exactly what you want where you sleep. It is the kind of color that makes a room feel hushed and a little romantic the moment you walk in.

Keep the trim, doors, and ceiling in Soft Cream so the edges of the room glow rather than snap. The cream is warm enough to flatter the mauve instead of fighting it, and it brightens the whole space without going cold. Then bring in Deep Rosewood as your accent, on a headboard wall, a dresser, or the inside of a door, to ground all that softness with something deeper. Mauve on the walls, cream on the trim and ceiling, rosewood where you want a quiet anchor.

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Dusty Mauve
walls
Glidden Iris Mauve · PPG1016-5
#B39B94
LRV 35
Soft Cream
trim
Dunn-Edwards Ball of String · DE6190
#F0E8D9
LRV 76
Deep Rosewood
accent
C2 Paint Walnut Shell · BD41
#6F504E
LRV 10

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Dusty Mauve
#B49A95 · LRV 35 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6024 · ΔE 1.49
Behr · PMD-71 · ΔE 3.37
Benjamin Moore · 2110-40 · ΔE 2.4
Valspar · 1003-10A · ΔE 2.7
PPG / Glidden · PPG1054-5 · ΔE 1.46
Glidden · PPG1016-5 · ΔE 1.39
Dutch Boy · 447-3DB · ΔE 6.74
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3015 · ΔE 1.49
Dunn-Edwards · DET698 · ΔE 4.99
Magnolia Home · JG-135 · ΔE 9.47
Farrow & Ball · NO. 28 · ΔE 5.94
Diamond Vogel · 0212 · ΔE 9.3
Hirshfield's · 0133 · ΔE 2.76
Rodda · CA064 · ΔE 6.94
C2 Paint · C2-796 · ΔE 8.46
Clare · PNT100-LT-15 · ΔE 14.67
Portola Paints · LA CATEDRAL · ΔE 10.58
Annie Sloan · FRENCH LINEN · ΔE 14.04
Backdrop · BD-CT · ΔE 12.16
Rust-Oleum · 371674 · ΔE 18.77
Kompozit · 0133 · ΔE 2.76
Soft Cream
#F1E9DA · LRV 82 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 50 · ΔE 0.93
Behr · HDC-NT-03 · ΔE 0.52
Benjamin Moore · AF-45 · ΔE 0.55
Valspar · 8003-25A · ΔE 0.82
PPG / Glidden · PPG1103-1 · ΔE 1.2
Glidden · PPG14-20 · ΔE 0.98
Dutch Boy · 008W · ΔE 0.49
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4032 · ΔE 0.93
Dunn-Edwards · DE6190 · ΔE 0.21
Magnolia Home · JG-33 · ΔE 2.14
Farrow & Ball · NO. W1 · ΔE 1.2
Diamond Vogel · 0009 · ΔE 1.11
Hirshfield's · 0362 · ΔE 1.66
Rodda · R127 · ΔE 1.1
C2 Paint · C2-548 · ΔE 0.93
Clare · PNT100-LT-62 · ΔE 1.6
Portola Paints · CASA FORMA · ΔE 0.81
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 9.82
Backdrop · BD-DS · ΔE 3.48
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 4.24
Kompozit · 0362 · ΔE 1.66
Deep Rosewood
#6E4F4C · LRV 9 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7520 · ΔE 6.59
Behr · N160-6 · ΔE 2.01
Benjamin Moore · 1232 · ΔE 4.21
Valspar · 1006-9A · ΔE 4.47
PPG / Glidden · PPG1061-7 · ΔE 4.44
Glidden · 90RR 10/119 · ΔE 2.55
Dutch Boy · 407-6DB · ΔE 1.94
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3062 · ΔE 5.99
Dunn-Edwards · DEBN11 · ΔE 1.68
Magnolia Home · JG-171 · ΔE 3.69
Farrow & Ball · NO. 297 · ΔE 5.77
Diamond Vogel · 0137 · ΔE 5.11
Hirshfield's · H0140 · ΔE 5.57
Rodda · CA219 · ΔE 4.86
C2 Paint · BD41 · ΔE 0.62
Clare · PNT100-DP-67 · ΔE 5.01
Portola Paints · FUTURE LEGEND · ΔE 10.21
Annie Sloan · PRIMER RED · ΔE 5.26
Backdrop · BD-IT · ΔE 8.67
Rust-Oleum · 391445 · ΔE 30.25
Kompozit · 0151 · ΔE 5.29

Questions

Will dusty mauve make the bedroom feel too pink?

No. This mauve is grayed down and warm, so it reads as a soft, grown-up rose rather than a candy pink. It feels calm and romantic, not girly.

What white should I use for the trim and ceiling?

Stick with the warm Soft Cream rather than a stark white. A bright cool white would fight the mauve, while the cream keeps everything soft and cozy.

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