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Mushroom & Sage Dining Room Color Scheme

An earthy, organic dining room scheme that pairs a warm mushroom taupe with soft sage and a creamy linen accent, all matched to real paint you can buy.

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

Start with Warm Mushroom on the walls and the whole room feels grounded and calm. It is that cozy greige-taupe that reads warm in candlelight and soft in daylight, so your dining room stays inviting whether you are lingering over morning coffee or sitting down to a long dinner. It flatters wood furniture and brings out the natural tones in your table, and it never fights with the food or the people at it.

Bring in Soft Sage on the trim and built-ins to add a quiet, leafy freshness that keeps the mushroom from feeling too heavy. Then let Cream Linen lift things on the ceiling, in the table linens, or on a piece of pottery so the room breathes. Put mushroom on the walls, sage on the trim and woodwork, and cream wherever you want a little light to land.

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Warm Mushroom
walls
Glidden Diversion · PPG1021-4
#A99A89
LRV 33
Soft Sage
trim
Glidden Sage Pond · 10GY 45/126
#B0B6A0
LRV 45
Cream Linen
accent
Dunn-Edwards Ball of String · DE6190
#F0E8D9
LRV 76

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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 Mushroom
#A99B89 · LRV 34 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7501 · ΔE 2.49
Behr · N230-4 · ΔE 2.35
Benjamin Moore · 1006 · ΔE 2.58
Valspar · T589 · ΔE 2.31
PPG / Glidden · PPG1021-4 · ΔE 1.23
Glidden · PPG1021-4 · ΔE 0.84
Dutch Boy · 406-4DB · ΔE 3.31
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3214 · ΔE 3.1
Dunn-Edwards · DET692 · ΔE 1.49
Magnolia Home · JG-128 · ΔE 3.13
Farrow & Ball · NO. 28 · ΔE 4.2
Diamond Vogel · H121 · ΔE 2.5
Hirshfield's · 0198 · ΔE 1.28
Rodda · CA064 · ΔE 3.56
C2 Paint · C2-956 · ΔE 4.65
Clare · PNT100-MD-64 · ΔE 12.77
Portola Paints · LA CATEDRAL · ΔE 1.9
Annie Sloan · FRENCH LINEN · ΔE 4.08
Backdrop · BD-CT · ΔE 2.6
Rust-Oleum · 371674 · ΔE 9.35
Kompozit · 0198 · ΔE 1.28
Soft Sage
#AEB69E · LRV 45 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 2852 · ΔE 3.11
Behr · PPU11-09 · ΔE 1.94
Benjamin Moore · AF-455 · ΔE 1.71
Valspar · 5006-3C · ΔE 2.29
PPG / Glidden · PPG1030-3 · ΔE 1.7
Glidden · 10GY 45/126 · ΔE 1.11
Dutch Boy · 327-3DB · ΔE 1.41
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 7727 · ΔE 6.68
Dunn-Edwards · DE6263 · ΔE 2.27
Magnolia Home · JG-59 · ΔE 2.95
Farrow & Ball · NO. 75 · ΔE 5.22
Diamond Vogel · 0456 · ΔE 4.02
Hirshfield's · 0456 · ΔE 4.4
Rodda · CA170 · ΔE 3.46
C2 Paint · C2-686 · ΔE 2.01
Clare · PNT100-MD-48 · ΔE 2.8
Portola Paints · ABERDEEN · ΔE 6.32
Annie Sloan · SVENSKA BLUE · ΔE 9.06
Backdrop · BD-LF · ΔE 3.11
Rust-Oleum · 371674 · ΔE 4.65
Kompozit · 0456 · ΔE 4.4
Cream Linen
#F0E8D8 · LRV 81 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7563 · ΔE 1.19
Behr · HDC-NT-03 · ΔE 0.76
Benjamin Moore · CW-200 · ΔE 1.24
Valspar · 8003-25A · ΔE 0.5
PPG / Glidden · PPG1095-1 · ΔE 0.52
Glidden · PPG1088-1 · ΔE 0.42
Dutch Boy · 008W · ΔE 0.55
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4033 · ΔE 1.18
Dunn-Edwards · DE6190 · ΔE 0.42
Magnolia Home · JG-23 · ΔE 1.29
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2002 · ΔE 1.19
Diamond Vogel · 0009 · ΔE 0.83
Hirshfield's · 0362 · ΔE 1.49
Rodda · R127 · ΔE 0.76
C2 Paint · C2-596 · ΔE 1.47
Clare · PNT100-LT-62 · ΔE 1.4
Portola Paints · CASA FORMA · ΔE 0.67
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 9.51
Backdrop · BD-DS · ΔE 3.07
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 4.08
Kompozit · 0362 · ΔE 1.49

Questions

Will mushroom and sage make a dining room feel dark?

No. Mushroom is a light-to-mid warm neutral and sage is muted and soft, so together they feel cozy rather than heavy. The cream accent keeps everything bright and open.

What flooring works best with this scheme?

Warm and medium wood tones look wonderful with mushroom and sage, since both colors lean earthy. A natural jute or wool rug in cream or oatmeal ties it all together beautifully.

Can I use the sage on the walls instead of the trim?

You can. If you want a greener, garden-room feel, swap them so sage covers the walls and mushroom moves to the trim. Just keep the cream accent to lift the lighter, fresher look.

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