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Mushroom & Soft Pink Home Office Color Scheme

A gentle, grounded home office palette that pairs a warm mushroom taupe with soft pink and a deep burgundy accent, all matched to real paint you can buy.

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

Start with Mushroom on the walls. It is a warm, gentle taupe that wraps a home office in quiet, so your focus stays on the work and not the walls. The color is soft enough to feel restful through a long day, yet it has just enough warmth to keep the room from feeling cold or plain. In a space where you sit for hours, that easy, grounded backdrop is exactly what you want.

From there, Soft Pink on the trim and around the windows lifts everything with a barely-there blush, so the mushroom feels fresh instead of flat. A touch of Burgundy brings the whole scheme to life, deep and a little dramatic, and it stops the room from looking too pale. So mushroom on the walls, soft pink on the trim, and burgundy saved for a chair, a few books, or a lamp where you want a richer note.

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Mushroom
walls
Rodda Stoneware · CA046
#BDAF9F
LRV 44
Soft Pink
trim
Valspar Farm-Fresh Eggs · 8004-10B
#EBD8CC
LRV 71
Burgundy
accent
Valspar Molten Sulphur · V080-6
#703D3D
LRV 7

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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.

Mushroom
#BCAFA0 · LRV 44 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9591 · ΔE 2.11
Behr · HDC-NT-20G · ΔE 0.7
Benjamin Moore · AF-100 · ΔE 2.58
Valspar · 6006-1C · ΔE 1.48
PPG / Glidden · PPG1021-3 · ΔE 0.83
Glidden · PPG1021-3 · ΔE 0.52
Dutch Boy · 447-2DB · ΔE 1.91
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2486 · ΔE 0.99
Dunn-Edwards · DEBN64 · ΔE 2.01
Magnolia Home · JG-113 · ΔE 2.77
Farrow & Ball · NO. 293 · ΔE 1.26
Diamond Vogel · 0189 · ΔE 1.71
Hirshfield's · 0204 · ΔE 1.6
Rodda · CA046 · ΔE 0.5
C2 Paint · BD30 · ΔE 3.01
Clare · PNT100-MD-48 · ΔE 9.28
Portola Paints · TIKAL · ΔE 5.61
Annie Sloan · PALOMA · ΔE 6.48
Backdrop · BD-LF · ΔE 11.19
Rust-Oleum · 285143 · ΔE 10.99
Kompozit · 0204 · ΔE 1.6
Soft Pink
#EAD7CB · LRV 70 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7553 · ΔE 3.13
Behr · ECC-59-2 · ΔE 2.37
Benjamin Moore · 1157 · ΔE 2.81
Valspar · 8004-10B · ΔE 0.23
PPG / Glidden · PPG1082-2 · ΔE 0.78
Glidden · PPG1082-2 · ΔE 1.57
Dutch Boy · 307-2DB · ΔE 3.57
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4071 · ΔE 2.93
Dunn-Edwards · DE6072 · ΔE 2.09
Magnolia Home · JG-34 · ΔE 3.2
Farrow & Ball · NO. 202 · ΔE 1.32
Diamond Vogel · 0146 · ΔE 1.23
Hirshfield's · 0146 · ΔE 0.96
Rodda · CA044 · ΔE 3.49
C2 Paint · C2-850 · ΔE 4.82
Clare · PNT100-LT-20 · ΔE 3.15
Portola Paints · GEM · ΔE 7.44
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 8.47
Backdrop · BD-CC · ΔE 8.29
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 6.02
Kompozit · 0146 · ΔE 0.96
Burgundy
#6E3A3A · LRV 7 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7584 · ΔE 1.28
Behr · UL110-1 · ΔE 0.97
Benjamin Moore · CSP-445 · ΔE 1.77
Valspar · V080-6 · ΔE 0.92
PPG / Glidden · PPG1053-7 · ΔE 2.43
Glidden · 98RR 06/206 · ΔE 1.98
Dutch Boy · 401-7DB · ΔE 4.42
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 7578 · ΔE 3.38
Dunn-Edwards · DET413 · ΔE 3.76
Magnolia Home · JG-29 · ΔE 3.57
Farrow & Ball · NO. W101 · ΔE 5.31
Diamond Vogel · H003 · ΔE 2.88
Hirshfield's · H0003 · ΔE 1.54
Rodda · CA228 · ΔE 2.65
C2 Paint · C2-517 · ΔE 5.15
Clare · PNT100-DP-77 · ΔE 11.89
Portola Paints · POE · ΔE 7.71
Annie Sloan · BURGUNDY · ΔE 5.25
Backdrop · BD-SB · ΔE 6.42
Rust-Oleum · 285144 · ΔE 23.66
Kompozit · 0102 · ΔE 1.81

Questions

Will mushroom walls make a small home office feel dark?

No. Mushroom is a soft, warm taupe with plenty of light in it, so it keeps a small room feeling calm and cozy rather than closed in. If your office gets little daylight, pair it with the pale trim to bounce more light around.

Is soft pink too feminine for a workspace?

This pink reads more like a warm blush neutral than a candy pink, so it feels gentle and grown-up. Used on the trim it just softens the edges of the room instead of taking over.

How much burgundy should I use in this scheme?

Keep burgundy small. A chair, a shelf of books, or a desk lamp is enough to add depth without making the room feel heavy.

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