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Sage & Cream Bedroom Color Scheme

A soft, restful bedroom palette built on muted sage with creamy trim and a grounding fern accent, all matched to real paint you can buy.

By David Chen · Formulation Lead & Resident Chemist

Start with Soft Sage on the walls. It is a quiet, muted green with just enough gray to feel calm instead of bright, which is exactly what you want in a bedroom. The color shifts gently through the day, reading cooler in morning light and warmer at night, so the room always feels easy to settle into. It pairs beautifully with natural wood and white linens, and it never fights with whatever you bring to bed.

For trim and the ceiling, Warm Cream keeps things soft. It is a creamy off-white that frames the sage without the cold edge a stark white would bring, so the whole room stays gentle. Then add Deep Fern as your accent, a deep, leafy green for a headboard wall, a dresser, or the back of an open shelf. Put the sage everywhere your eye rests, let the cream outline the windows and doors, and save the fern for one piece you want to feel anchored and rich.

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Soft Sage
walls
Glidden Gargoyle · PPG1127-4
#ABB39E
LRV 43
Warm Cream
trim
Benjamin Moore Linen White · 912
#F2EBDA
LRV 81
Deep Fern
accent
Diamond Vogel Mother Nature · 0746
#5D6D50
LRV 14

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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 Sage
#A9B19A · LRV 42 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 66 · ΔE 2.32
Behr · PPU10-06 · ΔE 2.3
Benjamin Moore · 466 · ΔE 2.69
Valspar · 5006-3C · ΔE 2.11
PPG / Glidden · PPG1125-4 · ΔE 2.17
Glidden · PPG1127-4 · ΔE 0.95
Dutch Boy · 327-3DB · ΔE 2.11
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3245 · ΔE 3.11
Dunn-Edwards · DET520 · ΔE 1.66
Magnolia Home · JG-51 · ΔE 2.77
Farrow & Ball · NO. 18 · ΔE 4.18
Diamond Vogel · 0421 · ΔE 5.2
Hirshfield's · 0456 · ΔE 4.04
Rodda · CA170 · ΔE 3.37
C2 Paint · C2-700 · ΔE 4.39
Clare · PNT100-MD-43 · ΔE 8.68
Portola Paints · ABERDEEN · ΔE 6.23
Annie Sloan · DUCK EGG BLUE · ΔE 5.39
Backdrop · BD-LF · ΔE 1.72
Rust-Oleum · 371674 · ΔE 3.59
Kompozit · 0456 · ΔE 4.04
Warm Cream
#F2EBDA · LRV 83 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 50 · ΔE 1.18
Behr · ECC-42-2 · ΔE 0.52
Benjamin Moore · 912 · ΔE 0
Valspar · 7002-5 · ΔE 1.3
PPG / Glidden · PPG1203-1 · ΔE 0.74
Glidden · 45YY 83/094 · ΔE 1.19
Dutch Boy · 007W · ΔE 0.75
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 1187 · ΔE 0.46
Dunn-Edwards · DET677 · ΔE 0.55
Magnolia Home · JG-33 · ΔE 1.38
Farrow & Ball · NO. W1 · ΔE 0.68
Diamond Vogel · 0292 · ΔE 0.51
Hirshfield's · 0009 · ΔE 1.02
Rodda · CA006 · ΔE 1.41
C2 Paint · C2-563 · ΔE 0.41
Clare · PNT100-LT-62 · ΔE 2.04
Portola Paints · CASA FORMA · ΔE 0.98
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 10.03
Backdrop · BD-DS · ΔE 2.54
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 3.16
Kompozit · 0009 · ΔE 1.02
Deep Fern
#5C6B4F · LRV 13 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6180 · ΔE 4.88
Behr · N370-6 · ΔE 2.14
Benjamin Moore · HC-121 · ΔE 2.48
Valspar · V059-6 · ΔE 5.68
PPG / Glidden · PPG1127-6 · ΔE 6.02
Glidden · PPG1127-6 · ΔE 6.05
Dutch Boy · 324-6DB · ΔE 3.83
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3242 · ΔE 4.88
Dunn-Edwards · DET509 · ΔE 1.68
Magnolia Home · JG-62 · ΔE 5.25
Farrow & Ball · NO. 298 · ΔE 5.15
Diamond Vogel · 0746 · ΔE 0.8
Hirshfield's · H0093 · ΔE 3.38
Rodda · CA168 · ΔE 7.75
C2 Paint · C2-934 · ΔE 6.5
Clare · PNT100-DP-51 · ΔE 9.56
Portola Paints · WONDERLAND · ΔE 7.62
Annie Sloan · OLIVE · ΔE 10.68
Backdrop · BD-BA · ΔE 21.64
Rust-Oleum · 391445 · ΔE 9.36
Kompozit · 0746 · ΔE 1.93

Questions

Is sage too dark for a small bedroom?

Not at all. Soft Sage is a light-to-mid green with a lot of gray in it, so it stays airy and actually makes walls recede a little. Pair it with the creamy trim and you keep a small room feeling open.

What ceiling color works with sage walls?

Carry the Warm Cream up to the ceiling. A creamy off-white feels softer and more restful overhead than a bright white, and it keeps the whole room in one gentle family.

Where should the deep fern accent go in a bedroom?

Save it for one feature, like a headboard wall, a painted dresser, or the inside of open shelving. One rich green moment grounds the room without making it feel heavy.

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