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Peach Study Palette — Soft Peach & Walnut Brown

A warm five-color study scheme led by soft peach walls, balanced with a greige backdrop, a clean white, walnut wood, and a deep terracotta accent — every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Emily Roberts · DIY Editor & First-Timer's Guide

A study should feel calm but still wake your brain up a little, and that is exactly what peach does. Here Soft Peach leads on the walls — warm and gentle, the kind of color that looks lovely in morning light and stays easy on the eyes all afternoon.

To keep it from feeling too sweet, I leaned on Warm Greige for the trim and ceiling and a clean Gentle White for cabinets or a built-in. Those quiet neutrals let the peach breathe instead of taking over the whole room.

The grown-up part comes from Walnut Brown on the floors and shelves, plus a few hits of Deep Terracotta as your accent — a lamp, a chair, the spine of a row of books. That earthy, slightly contemporary mix is what turns a pretty color into a room you actually want to work in.

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Soft Peach
Walls
Benjamin Moore Desert View · 108
#F1CAA7
LRV 64
Warm Greige
Trim & Ceiling
Valspar Parlour Taupe · 7003-1
#DBCEBC
LRV 63
Gentle White
Cabinets or Vanity
Benjamin Moore Pink Damask · 890
#F6F0E7
LRV 85
Walnut Brown
Wood & Floors
Valspar Cowboy Hat · 3010-8
#6D4934
LRV 8
Deep Terracotta
Accent
Kompozit Pretty Parasol · 1039
#AC5D3E
LRV 17

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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 Peach
#F1C9A8 · LRV 63 · Walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6639 · ΔE 2.02
Behr · S250-2 · ΔE 2.15
Benjamin Moore · 108 · ΔE 0.89
Valspar · V085-2 · ΔE 1.3
PPG / Glidden · PPG1202-4 · ΔE 1.09
Glidden · PPG1202-4 · ΔE 0.89
Dutch Boy · 209-2DB · ΔE 1.59
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 1126 · ΔE 2.02
Dunn-Edwards · DET451 · ΔE 1.44
Magnolia Home · JG-42 · ΔE 7.62
Farrow & Ball · NO. 68 · ΔE 7.58
Diamond Vogel · 1035 · ΔE 2.62
Hirshfield's · 1007 · ΔE 1.33
Rodda · CA116 · ΔE 4.19
C2 Paint · C2-545 · ΔE 2.67
Clare · PNT100-LT-71 · ΔE 1.6
Portola Paints · EL MATADOR · ΔE 6.66
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 6.47
Backdrop · BD-AU · ΔE 5.6
Rust-Oleum · 398641 · ΔE 11.94
Kompozit · 1007 · ΔE 1.33
Warm Greige
#D9CDBC · LRV 62 · Trim & Ceiling
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7517 · ΔE 0.56
Behr · ICC-22 · ΔE 1.68
Benjamin Moore · 982 · ΔE 1.37
Valspar · 7003-1 · ΔE 0.55
PPG / Glidden · PPG1024-3 · ΔE 1.36
Glidden · 40YY 60/103 · ΔE 1.7
Dutch Boy · 419-1DB · ΔE 2.24
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2497 · ΔE 0.56
Dunn-Edwards · DET670 · ΔE 2.22
Magnolia Home · JG-156 · ΔE 1.64
Farrow & Ball · NO. 226 · ΔE 1.31
Diamond Vogel · 0182 · ΔE 1.04
Hirshfield's · 0342 · ΔE 3
Rodda · R038 · ΔE 1.48
C2 Paint · C2-834 · ΔE 1.72
Clare · PNT100-LT-17 · ΔE 2.52
Portola Paints · FIGUEROA · ΔE 3.36
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 5.52
Backdrop · BD-RR · ΔE 2.49
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 9.96
Kompozit · 0342 · ΔE 3
Gentle White
#F5EFE6 · LRV 87 · Cabinets or Vanity
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7102 · ΔE 0.79
Behr · PPH-18 · ΔE 0.47
Benjamin Moore · 890 · ΔE 0.21
Valspar · 7007-4 · ΔE 0.55
PPG / Glidden · PPG0998-1 · ΔE 2.39
Glidden · 61YY 85/050 · ΔE 0.5
Dutch Boy · 020W · ΔE 1.44
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4053 · ΔE 0.79
Dunn-Edwards · DE6211 · ΔE 0.96
Magnolia Home · JG-107 · ΔE 1.91
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2003 · ΔE 1.94
Diamond Vogel · 0012 · ΔE 1.61
Hirshfield's · 0012 · ΔE 1.8
Rodda · CA013 · ΔE 1.19
C2 Paint · C2-932 · ΔE 0.94
Clare · PNT100-LT-24 · ΔE 1.65
Portola Paints · ORIGAMI · ΔE 2.02
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 12.2
Backdrop · BD-TR · ΔE 2.46
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 5.6
Kompozit · 0012 · ΔE 1.8
Walnut Brown
#6B4A33 · LRV 8 · Wood & Floors
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6097 · ΔE 2.11
Behr · BXC-65 · ΔE 1.93
Benjamin Moore · 2105-10 · ΔE 3.85
Valspar · 3010-8 · ΔE 1.61
PPG / Glidden · PPG1072-7 · ΔE 4.66
Glidden · 70YR 08/186 · ΔE 2.65
Dutch Boy · 313-7DB · ΔE 3.15
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3101 · ΔE 2.11
Dunn-Edwards · DE6049 · ΔE 5.79
Magnolia Home · JG-171 · ΔE 6.79
Farrow & Ball · NO. W101 · ΔE 8.43
Diamond Vogel · 0137 · ΔE 5.25
Hirshfield's · 0130 · ΔE 5.32
Rodda · CA219 · ΔE 6.36
C2 Paint · C2-550 · ΔE 9.14
Clare · PNT100-DP-67 · ΔE 12
Portola Paints · PONDEROSA · ΔE 13.9
Annie Sloan · PRIMER RED · ΔE 10.36
Backdrop · BD-IT · ΔE 4.75
Rust-Oleum · 391445 · ΔE 27.14
Kompozit · 0130 · ΔE 5.32
Deep Terracotta
#A85A3C · LRV 16 · Accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7703 · ΔE 2.66
Behr · M190-7 · ΔE 1.87
Benjamin Moore · 2175-20 · ΔE 1.93
Valspar · 2004-5A · ΔE 2.2
PPG / Glidden · PPG1199-7 · ΔE 2.3
Glidden · PPG1199-7 · ΔE 2.3
Dutch Boy · 308-6DB · ΔE 2.6
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2092 · ΔE 1.47
Dunn-Edwards · DE5153 · ΔE 3.63
Magnolia Home · JG-36 · ΔE 1.98
Farrow & Ball · NO. 304 · ΔE 6.13
Diamond Vogel · H013 · ΔE 4.14
Hirshfield's · 1039 · ΔE 1.27
Rodda · CA224 · ΔE 5.84
C2 Paint · C2-584 · ΔE 3.31
Clare · PNT100-DP-30 · ΔE 10.46
Portola Paints · ZION · ΔE 7.4
Annie Sloan · EMPERORS SILK · ΔE 14.9
Backdrop · BD-BA · ΔE 12.81
Rust-Oleum · 329211 · ΔE 12.06
Kompozit · 1039 · ΔE 1.27

Questions

Why does peach work so well in a study?

Peach is soft and warm without being sleepy, so it keeps the room feeling calm but awake. That balance helps you focus for long stretches while still feeling cozy when you sit down to read or write.

How do I keep the peach from looking too sweet?

Ground it with the walnut wood and the deep terracotta accent. Those darker, earthier tones pull the peach toward grown-up and contemporary instead of cute, and the greige and white keep everything fresh.

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