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Olive & Cream Bedroom Color Scheme

A grounded, earthy bedroom built on a soft olive green warmed by creamy trim and a deep moss accent, all matched to real paint you can buy.

By David Chen · Formulation Lead & Resident Chemist

A bedroom should feel like a deep breath, and Soft Olive on the walls does exactly that. It is a quiet, dusty green with a touch of warmth, the kind of color that settles a room down without making it gloomy. In morning light it leans fresh and herbal, and by evening it goes soft and shadowy, so the space feels cozy at every hour. It is an easy color to live with and an even easier one to fall asleep in.

To keep things from feeling too earthy, Antique Cream brightens the trim, doors, and ceiling with a soft, buttery light that lets the olive breathe. Then a little Deep Moss brings depth, perfect on a headboard wall, a built-in, or even painted furniture for a richer anchor. Put Soft Olive on the main walls, wrap the trim and ceiling in Antique Cream, and save Deep Moss for the one piece you want your eye to land on.

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Soft Olive
walls
Behr Oregano Spice · PPU9-23
#8D8765
LRV 24
Antique Cream
trim
Benjamin Moore Cappuccino Froth · CSP-1055
#F0E6D2
LRV 80
Deep Moss
accent
Sherwin-Williams Secret Garden · SW 6181
#4F523A
LRV 8

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Soft Olive
#8C8762 · LRV 24 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 14 · ΔE 2.55
Behr · PPU9-23 · ΔE 1.05
Benjamin Moore · 504 · ΔE 2.09
Valspar · T619 · ΔE 4.55
PPG / Glidden · PPG11-28 · ΔE 2.84
Glidden · PPG11-28 · ΔE 2.68
Dutch Boy · 323-5DB · ΔE 3.51
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2222 · ΔE 4.89
Dunn-Edwards · DE6236 · ΔE 3.19
Magnolia Home · JG-53 · ΔE 6.11
Farrow & Ball · NO. 13 · ΔE 3.35
Diamond Vogel · 0416 · ΔE 2.81
Hirshfield's · 0366 · ΔE 3.13
Rodda · R064 · ΔE 2.95
C2 Paint · C2-856 · ΔE 6.61
Clare · PNT100-DP-52 · ΔE 10.23
Portola Paints · BOND STREET · ΔE 6.9
Annie Sloan · COCO · ΔE 8.1
Backdrop · BD-OS · ΔE 4.66
Rust-Oleum · 391446 · ΔE 11.94
Kompozit · 0366 · ΔE 3.13
Antique Cream
#EFE6D2 · LRV 80 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7559 · ΔE 1.74
Behr · N280-1 · ΔE 1.64
Benjamin Moore · CSP-1055 · ΔE 0.48
Valspar · 7003-6 · ΔE 1.33
PPG / Glidden · PPG1096-1 · ΔE 1.82
Glidden · PPG1096-1 · ΔE 1.6
Dutch Boy · 010W · ΔE 1.48
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4040 · ΔE 1.74
Dunn-Edwards · DE6170 · ΔE 1.12
Magnolia Home · JG-16 · ΔE 1.02
Farrow & Ball · NO. 59 · ΔE 1.13
Diamond Vogel · 0014 · ΔE 0.51
Hirshfield's · 0010 · ΔE 1.08
Rodda · R127 · ΔE 1.38
C2 Paint · C2-579 · ΔE 0.79
Clare · PNT100-LT-62 · ΔE 1.48
Portola Paints · CASA FORMA · ΔE 1.51
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 8.49
Backdrop · BD-DS · ΔE 1.85
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 3.87
Kompozit · 0010 · ΔE 1.08
Deep Moss
#525334 · LRV 8 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6181 · ΔE 2.63
Behr · 740D-7 · ΔE 2.73
Benjamin Moore · CSP-900 · ΔE 3.33
Valspar · V096-6 · ΔE 4.1
PPG / Glidden · PPG1125-7 · ΔE 2.89
Glidden · PPG1125-7 · ΔE 2.82
Dutch Boy · 323-7DB · ΔE 2.63
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3241 · ΔE 2.63
Dunn-Edwards · DET529 · ΔE 9.62
Magnolia Home · JG-160 · ΔE 5.2
Farrow & Ball · NO. W55 · ΔE 9.26
Diamond Vogel · 0431 · ΔE 6.53
Hirshfield's · 0451 · ΔE 6.4
Rodda · R048 · ΔE 5.33
C2 Paint · C2-917 · ΔE 10.03
Clare · PNT100-DP-55 · ΔE 15.93
Portola Paints · PONDEROSA · ΔE 5.39
Annie Sloan · RODMELL · ΔE 24.78
Backdrop · BD-NE · ΔE 9.6
Rust-Oleum · 391445 · ΔE 11.52
Kompozit · 0451 · ΔE 6.4

Questions

Will olive green walls make my bedroom feel dark?

Not with this olive. Soft Olive is a muted, dusty green rather than a deep forest tone, so it reads calm and grounded instead of heavy. Keep the trim and ceiling pale and the room stays restful and easy to wake up in.

What accent colors go with an olive and cream bedroom?

Warm woods, brass, terracotta, and soft black all sit beautifully here. The Deep Moss accent already pulls the scheme together, so lean on natural textures like linen, rattan, and oak to round it out.

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