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Petal & Green Color Scheme

A soft pink paired with a leafy garden green and a warm white, for a fresh combination that feels like spring all year. Every shade is matched to real paint you can buy.

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

Start with Pale Petal, a gentle pink that is barely there but still warms a whole space. It is the kind of soft color that makes a room feel calm and a little romantic without shouting about it, and it changes beautifully through the day as the light shifts. As the dominant tone, it sets a fresh, easygoing mood that feels like the first warm morning of spring.

Then Leafy Green steps in to ground everything. This muted garden green gives the pink a natural backbone, so the pairing feels like a flower against its own leaves rather than anything fussy. A wash of Soft White opens the whole thing up and keeps it bright, tying the pink and green together with a warm, creamy glow. It is a flexible trio that can carry a living room, freshen a bedroom, lift a kitchen, or run quietly through a whole home.

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Pale Petal
walls
Behr Antique Pearl · 210E-2
#EFD9D9
LRV 73
Leafy Green
trim
Dunn-Edwards Thicket · DE5622
#69865B
LRV 20
Soft White
accent
Dunn-Edwards Latte Froth · DE6239
#F3F0E8
LRV 81

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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.

Pale Petal
#F0DAD9 · LRV 74 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6602 · ΔE 1.93
Behr · 210E-2 · ΔE 0.51
Benjamin Moore · 2093-60 · ΔE 1.04
Valspar · 1006-6C · ΔE 1.65
PPG / Glidden · PPG1186-1 · ΔE 0.63
Glidden · PPG1055-2 · ΔE 0.81
Dutch Boy · 302-2DB · ΔE 2.83
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 1057 · ΔE 2.97
Dunn-Edwards · DE6079 · ΔE 3.49
Magnolia Home · JG-34 · ΔE 8.71
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2006 · ΔE 7.33
Diamond Vogel · 0117 · ΔE 1.85
Hirshfield's · 1209 · ΔE 2.93
Rodda · R031 · ΔE 9.08
C2 Paint · BD4 · ΔE 8.11
Clare · PNT100-LT-25 · ΔE 2.33
Portola Paints · GEM · ΔE 10.85
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 14.48
Backdrop · BD-CC · ΔE 13.96
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 3.06
Kompozit · 1209 · ΔE 2.93
Leafy Green
#6F8A5E · LRV 22 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6452 · ΔE 3.28
Behr · 430F-5 · ΔE 1.89
Benjamin Moore · 546 · ΔE 2.78
Valspar · V061-5 · ΔE 2.32
PPG / Glidden · PPG1131-6 · ΔE 3.49
Glidden · 30GY 23/232 · ΔE 2.37
Dutch Boy · 326-5DB · ΔE 3.6
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2273 · ΔE 3.28
Dunn-Edwards · DE5622 · ΔE 1.73
Magnolia Home · JG-08 · ΔE 4.14
Farrow & Ball · NO. 34 · ΔE 5.75
Diamond Vogel · 0760 · ΔE 2.35
Hirshfield's · 0738 · ΔE 5.43
Rodda · R058 · ΔE 4.53
C2 Paint · C2-681 · ΔE 9.59
Clare · PNT100-DP-61 · ΔE 8.12
Portola Paints · BOND STREET · ΔE 15.29
Annie Sloan · COCO · ΔE 17.7
Backdrop · BD-OS · ΔE 10.34
Rust-Oleum · 285141 · ΔE 14.42
Kompozit · 0738 · ΔE 5.43
Soft White
#F3F0E8 · LRV 87 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7102 · ΔE 1.13
Behr · PWN-15 · ΔE 0.95
Benjamin Moore · AF-10 · ΔE 0.47
Valspar · 7007-4 · ΔE 1.01
PPG / Glidden · PPG0998-1 · ΔE 1
Glidden · 81YY 87/031 · ΔE 0.5
Dutch Boy · 004W · ΔE 0.42
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4053 · ΔE 1.13
Dunn-Edwards · DE6239 · ΔE 0
Magnolia Home · JG-107 · ΔE 0.62
Farrow & Ball · NO. 239 · ΔE 1.59
Diamond Vogel · 1020 · ΔE 1.71
Hirshfield's · 0411 · ΔE 1.51
Rodda · CA013 · ΔE 1.42
C2 Paint · C2-820 · ΔE 0.5
Clare · PNT100-LT-24 · ΔE 2.69
Portola Paints · ORIGAMI · ΔE 1.49
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 13.06
Backdrop · BD-TR · ΔE 1.59
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 5.57
Kompozit · 0411 · ΔE 1.51

Questions

What colors go with pale pink walls?

Soft pink loves a natural green and a warm white. The green grounds the pink so it reads grown-up instead of sweet, and the white keeps the whole thing light and easy.

Is this color combination too feminine?

Not with this green in the mix. The leafy tone pulls the pink toward a garden feeling rather than a candy one, so it stays soft but balanced.

What undertones should I watch for?

The petal pink leans warm, so pair it with a creamy white rather than a stark blue-white, and keep your green on the muted, sage side so nothing turns sharp.

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