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Rose Color Palette — Rose & Sage Field

A soft five-color scheme led by dusty rose with sage, warm white, and greige neutrals plus a deep plum accent — every color matched to real paint you can buy.

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

Rose is having a real moment right now, and this is the easy, grown-up way to use it. Dusty Rose leads the whole scheme — it is soft and a little muted, so it reads cozy instead of sweet. That muted quality is the trick. A pure pink can feel loud, but a rose with a touch of gray in it settles right into a room.

Next to it, Field Sage does the quiet heavy lifting. It cools the rose down and keeps everything feeling like a calm garden rather than a candy shop. Warm White and Soft Greige fill in the spaces between, so your eye gets places to rest. Think of them as the breathing room that lets the rose and sage shine.

Then comes Deep Plum, and you only need a little. A small dose of this rich, shadowy shade grounds the softer colors and gives the palette some backbone. Use it on one accent — a throw, a frame, a single painted door — and the whole scheme suddenly feels intentional and modern.

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Dusty Rose
Dominant
Dunn-Edwards Rose Meadow · DE6025
#C4989E
LRV 34
Field Sage
Secondary
Dutch Boy Refuge Green · 327-3DB
#ADB69A
LRV 45
Warm White
Base
Valspar Dove White · 7002-7
#F2EDE3
LRV 85
Soft Greige
Support
Glidden Buffed Tan · 30YY 60/104
#D7CBBA
LRV 60
Deep Plum
Accent
Benjamin Moore Jester · CC-34
#5A3646
LRV 7

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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.

Dusty Rose
#C99AA0 · LRV 38 · Dominant
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6297 · ΔE 1.88
Behr · MQ1-13 · ΔE 2.51
Benjamin Moore · 1256 · ΔE 3.28
Valspar · V079-3 · ΔE 1.96
PPG / Glidden · PPG18-06 · ΔE 2.17
Glidden · PPG18-06 · ΔE 1.95
Dutch Boy · 347-4DB · ΔE 3.65
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2025 · ΔE 1.88
Dunn-Edwards · DE6025 · ΔE 1.11
Magnolia Home · JG-110 · ΔE 16.69
Farrow & Ball · NO. 246 · ΔE 4.42
Diamond Vogel · 0091 · ΔE 1.76
Hirshfield's · 0078 · ΔE 1.4
Rodda · R110 · ΔE 13.58
C2 Paint · C2-512 · ΔE 10.74
Clare · PNT100-MD-76 · ΔE 7.47
Portola Paints · HAVANA · ΔE 12.38
Annie Sloan · PALOMA · ΔE 13.99
Backdrop · BD-RO · ΔE 6.44
Rust-Oleum · 371674 · ΔE 27.53
Kompozit · 0078 · ΔE 1.4
Field Sage
#A7B197 · LRV 42 · Secondary
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6178 · ΔE 4.08
Behr · PPU10-06 · ΔE 2.44
Benjamin Moore · CSP-795 · ΔE 3.27
Valspar · 5006-3C · ΔE 2.21
PPG / Glidden · PPG1125-4 · ΔE 2.85
Glidden · PPG1125-4 · ΔE 2.8
Dutch Boy · 327-3DB · ΔE 1.6
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3245 · ΔE 4.08
Dunn-Edwards · DET503 · ΔE 1.93
Magnolia Home · JG-51 · ΔE 3.25
Farrow & Ball · NO. 18 · ΔE 5.29
Diamond Vogel · 0744 · ΔE 3.77
Hirshfield's · 0456 · ΔE 4.66
Rodda · CA170 · ΔE 4.54
C2 Paint · C2-700 · ΔE 4.28
Clare · PNT100-DP-50 · ΔE 7.57
Portola Paints · ABERDEEN · ΔE 7.51
Annie Sloan · DUCK EGG BLUE · ΔE 5.57
Backdrop · BD-LF · ΔE 2.33
Rust-Oleum · 371674 · ΔE 4.1
Kompozit · 0456 · ΔE 4.66
Warm White
#F3EDE3 · LRV 85 · Base
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7566 · ΔE 0.79
Behr · PPU5-09 · ΔE 0.81
Benjamin Moore · OC-17 · ΔE 2.38
Valspar · 7002-7 · ΔE 0.5
PPG / Glidden · PPG1020-1 · ΔE 1.41
Glidden · PPG1020-1 · ΔE 1.49
Dutch Boy · 020W · ΔE 1.48
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4003 · ΔE 0.79
Dunn-Edwards · DE6120 · ΔE 1.96
Magnolia Home · JG-107 · ΔE 2.05
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2003 · ΔE 1.57
Diamond Vogel · 0012 · ΔE 1.21
Hirshfield's · 0558 · ΔE 1.04
Rodda · CA007 · ΔE 0.9
C2 Paint · C2-708 · ΔE 1.52
Clare · PNT100-LT-24 · ΔE 2.16
Portola Paints · ORIGAMI · ΔE 2.36
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 11.69
Backdrop · BD-JA · ΔE 2
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 5.27
Kompozit · 0558 · ΔE 1.04
Soft Greige
#D6C9B8 · LRV 60 · Support
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6085 · ΔE 2
Behr · MQ2-27 · ΔE 0.77
Benjamin Moore · ES-78 · ΔE 1.47
Valspar · 2008-10B · ΔE 1.47
PPG / Glidden · PPG1079-3 · ΔE 2.17
Glidden · 30YY 60/104 · ΔE 0.66
Dutch Boy · 441-2DB · ΔE 0.88
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3077 · ΔE 2
Dunn-Edwards · DE6122 · ΔE 1.9
Magnolia Home · JG-156 · ΔE 1.7
Farrow & Ball · NO. 311 · ΔE 2.76
Diamond Vogel · 0182 · ΔE 0.72
Hirshfield's · 0182 · ΔE 1.43
Rodda · CA139 · ΔE 2.98
C2 Paint · C2-818 · ΔE 2.11
Clare · PNT100-LT-17 · ΔE 2.62
Portola Paints · HIGH CLIFF · ΔE 5.27
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 5.32
Backdrop · BD-RR · ΔE 3.19
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 9.77
Kompozit · 0182 · ΔE 1.43
Deep Plum
#5A3A4A · LRV 6 · Accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6286 · ΔE 2.63
Behr · T15-4 · ΔE 3.59
Benjamin Moore · CC-34 · ΔE 1.62
Valspar · 8003-2G · ΔE 2.55
PPG / Glidden · PPG1179-7 · ΔE 3.04
Glidden · PPG1179-7 · ΔE 2.48
Dutch Boy · 246-7DB · ΔE 4.13
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2431 · ΔE 2.63
Dunn-Edwards · DEA194 · ΔE 2.1
Magnolia Home · JG-102 · ΔE 6.32
Farrow & Ball · NO. 222 · ΔE 5.65
Diamond Vogel · H065 · ΔE 4.58
Hirshfield's · 1222 · ΔE 4.1
Rodda · R119 · ΔE 5.21
C2 Paint · C2-504 · ΔE 2.7
Clare · PNT100-DP-77 · ΔE 6.38
Portola Paints · POE · ΔE 7.3
Annie Sloan · BURGUNDY · ΔE 11.02
Backdrop · BD-IT · ΔE 15.9
Rust-Oleum · 285144 · ΔE 19.14
Kompozit · 1222 · ΔE 4.1

Questions

Why does rose pair so well with sage green?

Rose and sage sit near opposite sides of the color wheel, so they balance each other instead of competing. The rose feels warm and the sage feels cool, and that gentle push-pull is what makes the combo look fresh rather than fussy.

How much rose should I actually use?

Let rose lead — think roughly two-thirds of what you see. Use sage as the steady supporting color, lean on the warm white and greige to keep things calm, and save the deep plum for small touches like a chair or a piece of art.

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