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Olive & Cream Powder Room Color Scheme

An earthy olive paired with warm cream and a touch of aged brass, turning a small powder room into a cozy, grounded retreat. Every shade is matched to real paint you can buy.

By Maya Patel · Reviews Editor & Product Tester

Start with Soft Olive on the walls. It is the kind of muted, dusty green that feels pulled straight from the outdoors, and a powder room is the perfect place to let it take over. The small footprint means the color reads rich and enveloping instead of dark, and because you are only in the room for a moment, you can lean into a mood that would feel like too much in a bigger space. It is calm, earthy, and quietly confident.

To keep things from feeling heavy, bring in Warm Cream on the trim, the door, and any wainscoting. It softens the edges of the olive and adds a little glow, like candlelight on a stone wall. Then let Aged Brass do the finishing work through your faucet, mirror frame, and light fixture, where its warm metallic shine makes the whole scheme feel polished and intentional. Olive on the walls, cream on the trim, brass on the fixtures, and the room comes together effortlessly.

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Soft Olive
walls
Benjamin Moore Nature's Reflection · 504
#8A885D
LRV 24
Warm Cream
trim
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Tint of Honey · HGSW 1187
#F1EAD8
LRV 82
Aged Brass
accent
Diamond Vogel Golden Cadillac · 0879
#AD8A50
LRV 28

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Soft Olive
#8A8961 · LRV 24 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 14 · ΔE 4.43
Behr · 710D-5 · ΔE 1.33
Benjamin Moore · 504 · ΔE 0.97
Valspar · 6002-4B · ΔE 2.07
PPG / Glidden · PPG1115-6 · ΔE 1.8
Glidden · PPG1123-6 · ΔE 2.46
Dutch Boy · 323-5DB · ΔE 4.89
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2222 · ΔE 5.01
Dunn-Edwards · DE5537 · ΔE 1.71
Magnolia Home · JG-08 · ΔE 8.98
Farrow & Ball · NO. 13 · ΔE 3.43
Diamond Vogel · 0416 · ΔE 2.29
Hirshfield's · 0366 · ΔE 4.92
Rodda · R064 · ΔE 3.82
C2 Paint · C2-664 · ΔE 4.79
Clare · PNT100-DP-52 · ΔE 11.72
Portola Paints · BOND STREET · ΔE 8.09
Annie Sloan · COCO · ΔE 9.99
Backdrop · BD-OS · ΔE 5.18
Rust-Oleum · 391446 · ΔE 13.21
Kompozit · 0366 · ΔE 4.92
Warm Cream
#F1EAD8 · LRV 83 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7558 · ΔE 1.45
Behr · T11-20 · ΔE 0.97
Benjamin Moore · 942 · ΔE 1.4
Valspar · 8003-25A · ΔE 1.22
PPG / Glidden · PPG1100-2 · ΔE 0.72
Glidden · PPG1103-1 · ΔE 0.78
Dutch Boy · 116-1DB · ΔE 0.51
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 1187 · ΔE 0
Dunn-Edwards · DE6190 · ΔE 1.51
Magnolia Home · JG-33 · ΔE 1.42
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2002 · ΔE 0.56
Diamond Vogel · 0009 · ΔE 0.4
Hirshfield's · 0009 · ΔE 0.9
Rodda · R127 · ΔE 0.44
C2 Paint · C2-563 · ΔE 0.84
Clare · PNT100-LT-62 · ΔE 2.05
Portola Paints · CASA FORMA · ΔE 1.18
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 9.76
Backdrop · BD-DS · ΔE 2.13
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 3.08
Kompozit · 0009 · ΔE 0.9
Aged Brass
#AD8C52 · LRV 28 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 43 · ΔE 2.23
Behr · 300F-5 · ΔE 2.18
Benjamin Moore · 280 · ΔE 2.61
Valspar · 8003-21E · ΔE 2.4
PPG / Glidden · PPG1105-7 · ΔE 1.29
Glidden · PPG12-24 · ΔE 1.8
Dutch Boy · 220-6DB · ΔE 2.12
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2172 · ΔE 4.14
Dunn-Edwards · DE6160 · ΔE 2.29
Magnolia Home · JG-152 · ΔE 4.91
Farrow & Ball · NO. 46 · ΔE 7.17
Diamond Vogel · 0879 · ΔE 0.85
Hirshfield's · 0879 · ΔE 2.31
Rodda · R051 · ΔE 5.31
C2 Paint · BD36 · ΔE 5.26
Clare · PNT100-DP-59 · ΔE 6.23
Portola Paints · BANDELIER · ΔE 8.09
Annie Sloan · CHATEAU GREY · ΔE 10.16
Backdrop · BD-AN · ΔE 12.05
Rust-Oleum · 398640 · ΔE 12.18
Kompozit · 0879 · ΔE 2.31

Questions

Is olive too dark for a small powder room?

Not at all. A powder room is a great spot to be a little bold since you only pass through it. Soft Olive is muted and grounded rather than heavy, so it wraps the small space in warmth instead of shrinking it.

What finish works best for olive walls in a bathroom?

Go with an eggshell or satin finish on the walls. It stands up to the steam and splashes of a powder room and gives the olive a soft, slightly velvety look without being shiny.

Will brass fixtures clash with these paint colors?

They pull it all together. The Aged Brass tone in this scheme echoes warm brass faucets, mirror frames, and lighting, so your hardware feels intentional rather than random.

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