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Mustard & Navy Powder Room Color Scheme

A warm, retro powder room that pairs golden mustard walls with deep navy and a soft white trim, all matched to real paint you can buy.

By Mark Thompson · Pro Contractor & Field Editor

A powder room is small, so it is the perfect place to be brave, and Golden Mustard on the walls turns that tiny space into a warm little jewel box. This is a rich, sunny gold with a vintage feel, the kind of color that makes people smile when they flip the light on. In a room you only pass through, it gives you a quick hit of warmth and personality without ever feeling like too much.

To keep all that gold from running away with the room, lean on Deep Navy as your accent. It is a moody, almost-black blue that grounds the mustard and makes it look even richer, whether you bring it in on the vanity, a framed mirror, or the lower wall. Then let Soft White handle the trim, ceiling, and any molding so the edges stay crisp and the room can breathe. Mustard on the walls, navy on the vanity or below a chair rail, soft white framing it all, and you have a powder room that feels both retro and pulled together.

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Golden Mustard
walls
Glidden Golden Field · PPG1107-7
#C39E44
LRV 36
Deep Navy
accent
Valspar Nightfall · 8003-46G
#2A364E
LRV 4
Soft White
trim
Farrow & Ball Pointing · No. 2003
#F3EFE3
LRV 86

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Golden Mustard
#C19A3E · LRV 35 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6699 · ΔE 1.7
Behr · 330D-6 · ΔE 1.42
Benjamin Moore · 217 · ΔE 2.54
Valspar · 8001-22G · ΔE 1.7
PPG / Glidden · PPG1107-7 · ΔE 1.75
Glidden · PPG1107-7 · ΔE 1.25
Dutch Boy · 219-7DB · ΔE 1.7
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 1212 · ΔE 1.7
Dunn-Edwards · DE5433 · ΔE 1.77
Magnolia Home · JG-166 · ΔE 14.59
Farrow & Ball · NO. 66 · ΔE 5.2
Diamond Vogel · 0809 · ΔE 2.41
Hirshfield's · 0809 · ΔE 2.19
Rodda · R053 · ΔE 3.6
C2 Paint · C2-649 · ΔE 1.48
Clare · PNT100-DP-59 · ΔE 6.87
Portola Paints · BANDELIER · ΔE 12.95
Annie Sloan · FIRLE · ΔE 13.71
Backdrop · BD-CT · ΔE 16.67
Rust-Oleum · 398640 · ΔE 15.35
Kompozit · 0809 · ΔE 2.19
Deep Navy
#283449 · LRV 3 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9178 · ΔE 3.63
Behr · 760F-7 · ΔE 3.07
Benjamin Moore · 2063-10 · ΔE 2.13
Valspar · 8003-46G · ΔE 1.52
PPG / Glidden · PPG0995-7 · ΔE 11.42
Glidden · 00NN 05/000 · ΔE 10.95
Dutch Boy · 338-7DB · ΔE 2.82
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3331 · ΔE 10.33
Dunn-Edwards · DEA185 · ΔE 3.14
Magnolia Home · JG-05 · ΔE 7.36
Farrow & Ball · NO. 256 · ΔE 12.06
Diamond Vogel · H101 · ΔE 10.59
Hirshfield's · 0522 · ΔE 7.87
Rodda · CA210 · ΔE 6.17
C2 Paint · BD49 · ΔE 10.21
Clare · PNT100-DP-54 · ΔE 14.03
Portola Paints · GHOST TREE · ΔE 9.1
Annie Sloan · NAPOLEONIC BLUE · ΔE 5.64
Backdrop · BD-AH · ΔE 14.5
Rust-Oleum · 285144 · ΔE 9.58
Kompozit · 0522 · ΔE 7.87
Soft White
#F2EEE3 · LRV 86 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7566 · ΔE 0.5
Behr · ECC-61-2 · ΔE 1.23
Benjamin Moore · 2143-60 · ΔE 1.48
Valspar · V153 · ΔE 0.55
PPG / Glidden · PPG1100-1 · ΔE 1.11
Glidden · PPG1020-1 · ΔE 0.56
Dutch Boy · 020W · ΔE 1.3
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4003 · ΔE 0.5
Dunn-Edwards · DE6204 · ΔE 0.94
Magnolia Home · JG-107 · ΔE 1.81
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2003 · ΔE 0.48
Diamond Vogel · 0012 · ΔE 0.59
Hirshfield's · 0012 · ΔE 1.11
Rodda · CA007 · ΔE 0.95
C2 Paint · C2-708 · ΔE 0.59
Clare · PNT100-LT-24 · ΔE 3.26
Portola Paints · ORIGAMI · ΔE 2.7
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 12
Backdrop · BD-JA · ΔE 1
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 4.48
Kompozit · 0012 · ΔE 1.11

Questions

Is mustard too dark for a small powder room?

Not at all. A powder room is the one spot where you can go bold without living in it all day. Golden Mustard reads warm and cozy in a small space, especially with good light and a mirror to bounce it around.

How much navy should I use here?

Keep it as the accent, not the main event. A navy vanity, a framed mirror, or the lower half of a board-and-batten wall is plenty. It grounds all that gold so the room feels intentional instead of loud.

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