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Rose Bathroom Palette — Faded Rose & Warm Plaster

A soft, grounding 5-color scheme for bathrooms: faded rose walls, warm plaster backdrop, crisp trim, walnut wood, and a deep wine accent, with every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

A rose bathroom is one of the easiest rooms to fall in love with. Morning light is forgiving here, and a dusty faded rose on the walls warms your skin the moment you walk in. This is not a bubblegum pink. It is grayed and a little clay-toned, the kind of rose that feels lived-in and quiet rather than loud.

Around it, a warm plaster softens the corners and works beautifully tucked into a shower niche or alcove, while a soft chalk white on the trim and ceiling keeps everything fresh without going stark. A walnut brown vanity grounds the whole scheme and brings in the earthy, wood-forward warmth that feels right for 2026.

For depth, a single hit of deep wine does the work. Keep it to the smallest surface you can, a vanity cabinet or a band of lower cabinetry, so it anchors the room instead of darkening it. One deep note is all the rose needs to feel rich.

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Faded Rose
Walls
Dutch Boy Peppercorn Pink · 304-3DB
#CE9993
LRV 38
Warm Plaster
Backdrop & Niches
Valspar Soft & Warm · T544
#ECE3D9
LRV 78
Soft Chalk White
Trim & Ceiling
Dunn-Edwards Milk Glass · DEW358
#FAF7F0
LRV 86
Walnut Brown
Vanity & Wood
Sherwin-Williams Grounded · SW 6089
#785B47
LRV 12
Deep Wine
Cabinet Accent
Valspar Pompeii Red · M242
#613035
LRV 5

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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.

Faded Rose
#C99A92 · LRV 38 · Walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 3 · ΔE 4.19
Behr · 210F-5 · ΔE 2.52
Benjamin Moore · 1188 · ΔE 2.65
Valspar · 1008-10A · ΔE 4.8
PPG / Glidden · PPG1055-4 · ΔE 3.27
Glidden · PPG1055-4 · ΔE 2.81
Dutch Boy · 304-3DB · ΔE 1.81
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2025 · ΔE 5.24
Dunn-Edwards · DE6088 · ΔE 2.8
Magnolia Home · JG-110 · ΔE 13.68
Farrow & Ball · NO. 21 · ΔE 6.95
Diamond Vogel · 0044 · ΔE 2.23
Hirshfield's · 0044 · ΔE 2.21
Rodda · CA063 · ΔE 11.91
C2 Paint · C2-512 · ΔE 5.17
Clare · PNT100-MD-76 · ΔE 2.19
Portola Paints · HAVANA · ΔE 8.47
Annie Sloan · FRENCH LINEN · ΔE 18.74
Backdrop · BD-RO · ΔE 2.4
Rust-Oleum · 371674 · ΔE 24.2
Kompozit · 0044 · ΔE 2.21
Warm Plaster
#EDE3D8 · LRV 78 · Backdrop & Niches
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7013 · ΔE 2.03
Behr · W-F-120 · ΔE 1.59
Benjamin Moore · 2106-70 · ΔE 1.81
Valspar · T544 · ΔE 0.52
PPG / Glidden · PPG1062-1 · ΔE 1.22
Glidden · PPG1079-1 · ΔE 0.97
Dutch Boy · 017W · ΔE 2.47
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4061 · ΔE 2.33
Dunn-Edwards · DE6121 · ΔE 1.02
Magnolia Home · JG-22 · ΔE 4.26
Farrow & Ball · NO. 9812 · ΔE 3.22
Diamond Vogel · 0187 · ΔE 1.38
Hirshfield's · 0124 · ΔE 2
Rodda · CA016 · ΔE 1.7
C2 Paint · C2-532 · ΔE 1.12
Clare · PNT100-LT-11 · ΔE 3.02
Portola Paints · MARIPOSA · ΔE 4.22
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 9.66
Backdrop · BD-DS · ΔE 5.88
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 6.86
Kompozit · 0124 · ΔE 2
Soft Chalk White
#FAF6F0 · LRV 93 · Trim & Ceiling
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7757 · ΔE 2
Behr · RD-W5 · ΔE 1.72
Benjamin Moore · 2144-70 · ΔE 3.15
Valspar · V148 · ΔE 1.92
PPG / Glidden · PPG1001-1 · ΔE 2.7
Glidden · 61YY 89/040 · ΔE 1.38
Dutch Boy · 001W · ΔE 2.4
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4001 · ΔE 2
Dunn-Edwards · DEW358 · ΔE 0.81
Magnolia Home · JG-21 · ΔE 2.41
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2005 · ΔE 1.96
Diamond Vogel · 0011 · ΔE 2.44
Hirshfield's · 0011 · ΔE 1.97
Rodda · R007 · ΔE 1.83
C2 Paint · C2-756 · ΔE 2.39
Clare · PNT100-LT-04 · ΔE 2.03
Portola Paints · ONE DROP · ΔE 5.79
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 14.16
Backdrop · BD-TR · ΔE 2.95
Rust-Oleum · 285140 · ΔE 4.2
Kompozit · 0011 · ΔE 1.97
Walnut Brown
#7A5A43 · LRV 12 · Vanity & Wood
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6089 · ΔE 1.36
Behr · N250-7 · ΔE 1.89
Benjamin Moore · 2164-20 · ΔE 2.15
Valspar · 3001-7A · ΔE 1.8
PPG / Glidden · PPG1084-7 · ΔE 2.59
Glidden · 00YY 12/173 · ΔE 3.26
Dutch Boy · 412-7DB · ΔE 1.36
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3072 · ΔE 1.36
Dunn-Edwards · DE6098 · ΔE 3.24
Magnolia Home · JG-164 · ΔE 3.25
Farrow & Ball · NO. 56 · ΔE 7.85
Diamond Vogel · 0151 · ΔE 4.08
Hirshfield's · 0193 · ΔE 3.61
Rodda · R131 · ΔE 3.84
C2 Paint · C2-614 · ΔE 2.87
Clare · PNT100-DP-53 · ΔE 10.07
Portola Paints · CIGARRO · ΔE 3.09
Annie Sloan · PRIMER RED · ΔE 10.16
Backdrop · BD-BA · ΔE 2.13
Rust-Oleum · 391445 · ΔE 26.67
Kompozit · 0193 · ΔE 3.61
Deep Wine
#5C2E33 · LRV 4 · Cabinet Accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 2802 · ΔE 3.8
Behr · S-G-710 · ΔE 1.78
Benjamin Moore · CSP-450 · ΔE 2.44
Valspar · M242 · ΔE 1.2
PPG / Glidden · PPG1048-7 · ΔE 6.33
Glidden · 85RR 05/082 · ΔE 8.06
Dutch Boy · 302-7DB · ΔE 1.45
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3021 · ΔE 4.37
Dunn-Edwards · DET400 · ΔE 5.22
Magnolia Home · JG-29 · ΔE 5.1
Farrow & Ball · NO. 9918 · ΔE 13.02
Diamond Vogel · H067 · ΔE 8.3
Hirshfield's · H0065 · ΔE 8.68
Rodda · R114 · ΔE 13.18
C2 Paint · BD63 · ΔE 3.79
Clare · PNT100-DP-54 · ΔE 19.36
Portola Paints · POE · ΔE 6.9
Annie Sloan · BURGUNDY · ΔE 4.29
Backdrop · BD-IT · ΔE 13.69
Rust-Oleum · 285144 · ΔE 22.21
Kompozit · 0109 · ΔE 4.28

Questions

Will a rose bathroom feel too pink?

Not with this rose. Faded Rose is dusty and grayed, closer to clay than candy, so it reads warm and soft rather than sweet. The plaster and walnut around it keep it grounded and grown-up.

Where should the rose go in a small bathroom?

Put it on the largest walls and let it wrap the room. Rose is gentle enough to cocoon a small space without closing it in. Save Warm Plaster for a niche or alcove and keep the deep wine to one small surface, like a single vanity cabinet.

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