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Olive & Blush Color Scheme

A grounded olive green paired with a soft blush and warm white for a calm, modern look that feels both earthy and gentle. Every shade here is matched to real paint you can buy.

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

Soft Olive sets the whole mood here. It is a gentle, grayed-down green that feels close to nature, like dried herbs or sun-faded leaves. As the dominant color it wraps a space in something quiet and warm, never loud and never cold. It is the kind of green that calms a room down and makes everything in front of it look a little softer.

Against that olive, Muted Blush brings just enough warmth and life. It is a soft, dusty pink with a hint of clay, so it stays earthy instead of sugary, and it keeps the green from feeling too serious. Warm White opens the whole thing back up, adding light and a clean breath of air so the palette can stretch out. This trio flows easily across a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen, or a whole home, wherever you want a look that is grounded, gentle, and a little bit modern.

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Soft Olive
walls
Benjamin Moore Nature's Reflection · 504
#8A885D
LRV 24
Muted Blush
trim
PPG / Glidden Sultan Sand · PPG1068-3
#E2C8BE
LRV 61
Warm White
accent
Sherwin-Williams Whitetail · SW 7103
#F4EFE4
LRV 86

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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.

Soft Olive
#8E8A5F · LRV 25 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 14 · ΔE 4.12
Behr · 710D-5 · ΔE 1.69
Benjamin Moore · 504 · ΔE 1.16
Valspar · 6002-4B · ΔE 1.48
PPG / Glidden · PPG1115-6 · ΔE 2.3
Glidden · PPG1115-6 · ΔE 2.59
Dutch Boy · 321-6DB · ΔE 5.63
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2243 · ΔE 5.02
Dunn-Edwards · DE5537 · ΔE 2.41
Magnolia Home · JG-53 · ΔE 7.37
Farrow & Ball · NO. 13 · ΔE 4.09
Diamond Vogel · 0366 · ΔE 4.55
Hirshfield's · 0366 · ΔE 4.17
Rodda · R064 · ΔE 4.41
C2 Paint · C2-664 · ΔE 3.29
Clare · PNT100-DP-52 · ΔE 11.92
Portola Paints · BOND STREET · ΔE 8.1
Annie Sloan · COCO · ΔE 9.71
Backdrop · BD-OS · ΔE 6.02
Rust-Oleum · 391446 · ΔE 13.34
Kompozit · 0366 · ΔE 4.17
Muted Blush
#E3C8BF · LRV 61 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6057 · ΔE 3.88
Behr · S210-2 · ΔE 0.95
Benjamin Moore · 1186 · ΔE 0.7
Valspar · P004 · ΔE 2.46
PPG / Glidden · PPG1068-3 · ΔE 0.69
Glidden · PPG1068-3 · ΔE 1.14
Dutch Boy · 303-1DB · ΔE 1.49
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3057 · ΔE 3.88
Dunn-Edwards · DE6101 · ΔE 2.99
Magnolia Home · JG-24 · ΔE 2.99
Farrow & Ball · NO. 311 · ΔE 5.46
Diamond Vogel · 0069 · ΔE 3.37
Hirshfield's · H0034 · ΔE 2.15
Rodda · CA055 · ΔE 7.04
C2 Paint · C2-834 · ΔE 7.05
Clare · PNT100-LT-60 · ΔE 1.91
Portola Paints · GYPSY · ΔE 6.58
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 10.85
Backdrop · BD-AU · ΔE 3.44
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 3.97
Kompozit · 0125 · ΔE 1.37
Warm White
#F4EFE4 · LRV 87 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7103 · ΔE 0
Behr · PPH-18 · ΔE 0.78
Benjamin Moore · 890 · ΔE 1.22
Valspar · V153 · ΔE 0.5
PPG / Glidden · PPG18-01 · ΔE 1.96
Glidden · 61YY 85/050 · ΔE 0.91
Dutch Boy · 006W · ΔE 1.24
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4053 · ΔE 0.45
Dunn-Edwards · DE6204 · ΔE 1.13
Magnolia Home · JG-107 · ΔE 1.97
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2003 · ΔE 0.76
Diamond Vogel · 0012 · ΔE 0.44
Hirshfield's · 0012 · ΔE 0.84
Rodda · CA013 · ΔE 0
C2 Paint · C2-708 · ΔE 0.95
Clare · PNT100-LT-24 · ΔE 2.83
Portola Paints · ORIGAMI · ΔE 2.68
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 11.94
Backdrop · BD-TR · ΔE 1.56
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 4.54
Kompozit · 0012 · ΔE 0.84

Questions

what colors go with soft olive?

Soft, warm tones are the easiest match. A muted blush, a warm white, and natural wood all pull olive in a calm, earthy direction without fighting its green.

is olive and blush too feminine?

Not at all. The olive grounds the blush so the pairing reads warm and grown-up rather than sweet. Lean on more olive and white if you want it to feel even more neutral.

what undertones should I watch for?

This olive has a soft gray-green undertone, and the blush leans warm and a little peachy. Keep your whites warm too, so nothing in the room turns cold or pink-gray.

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