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Sage & Cream Dining Room Color Scheme

A soft sage and cream dining room scheme with a warm brass accent for a calm, farmhouse feel, matched to real paint you can buy.

By David Chen · Formulation Lead & Resident Chemist

Start with Soft Sage on the walls and the whole room exhales. It is a quiet, grayed green that feels grown from the garden rather than painted on, and in a dining room that calm is exactly what you want around a shared table. It flatters food, candlelight, and faces, and it sits happily through every season, so the room feels settled whether you are hosting a holiday or just lingering over coffee.

Frame all that softness with Warm Cream on the trim and any built-ins, so the edges glow instead of going stark white against the green. Then bring in Aged Brass for the moments that catch the eye, a light fixture, sconces, or hardware, for a little warmth and shine. Put the sage on the walls, the cream on trim and molding, and let the brass live in your lighting and small metal details.

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Soft Sage
walls
Behr Garden Wall · 730D-4
#A9AE94
LRV 41
Warm Cream
trim
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Tint of Honey · HGSW 1187
#F1EAD8
LRV 82
Aged Brass
accent
Diamond Vogel Unforgettably Gold · 0900
#B0884D
LRV 27

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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
#A8B098 · LRV 42 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6178 · ΔE 3.13
Behr · 730D-4 · ΔE 1.44
Benjamin Moore · CSP-795 · ΔE 2.77
Valspar · V097-3 · ΔE 1.86
PPG / Glidden · PPG1125-4 · ΔE 2.07
Glidden · PPG1125-4 · ΔE 2.13
Dutch Boy · 327-3DB · ΔE 2.06
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3245 · ΔE 3.13
Dunn-Edwards · DET520 · ΔE 1.61
Magnolia Home · JG-51 · ΔE 2.68
Farrow & Ball · NO. 18 · ΔE 4.32
Diamond Vogel · 0372 · ΔE 5.87
Hirshfield's · 0456 · ΔE 4.38
Rodda · CA170 · ΔE 3.6
C2 Paint · C2-700 · ΔE 4.55
Clare · PNT100-MD-43 · ΔE 8.95
Portola Paints · ABERDEEN · ΔE 6.61
Annie Sloan · DUCK EGG BLUE · ΔE 5.5
Backdrop · BD-LF · ΔE 1.56
Rust-Oleum · 371674 · ΔE 3.37
Kompozit · 0456 · ΔE 4.38
Warm Cream
#F2EAD8 · LRV 83 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7558 · ΔE 0.97
Behr · N290-1 · ΔE 0.73
Benjamin Moore · 912 · ΔE 0.54
Valspar · 8003-25A · ΔE 0.82
PPG / Glidden · PPG1100-2 · ΔE 1.16
Glidden · PPG1103-1 · ΔE 1.02
Dutch Boy · 007W · ΔE 0.81
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 1187 · ΔE 0.49
Dunn-Edwards · DEW336 · ΔE 0.93
Magnolia Home · JG-33 · ΔE 1.84
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2002 · ΔE 0.95
Diamond Vogel · 0009 · ΔE 0.51
Hirshfield's · 0009 · ΔE 0.5
Rodda · CA006 · ΔE 0.9
C2 Paint · C2-563 · ΔE 0.81
Clare · PNT100-LT-62 · ΔE 1.62
Portola Paints · CASA FORMA · ΔE 0.74
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 9.55
Backdrop · BD-DS · ΔE 2.25
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 3.3
Kompozit · 0009 · ΔE 0.5
Aged Brass
#B0894E · LRV 28 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6131 · ΔE 2.69
Behr · MQ4-9 · ΔE 1.82
Benjamin Moore · 196 · ΔE 0.92
Valspar · M245 · ΔE 2.26
PPG / Glidden · PPG16-13 · ΔE 1.24
Glidden · PPG1106-7 · ΔE 2.05
Dutch Boy · 318-7DB · ΔE 1.77
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2172 · ΔE 2.69
Dunn-Edwards · DE6160 · ΔE 3.35
Magnolia Home · JG-152 · ΔE 4.66
Farrow & Ball · NO. 46 · ΔE 5.92
Diamond Vogel · 0900 · ΔE 0.41
Hirshfield's · 0879 · ΔE 1.13
Rodda · R053 · ΔE 4.58
C2 Paint · BD36 · ΔE 5.74
Clare · PNT100-DP-59 · ΔE 6.85
Portola Paints · BANDELIER · ΔE 6.98
Annie Sloan · CHATEAU GREY · ΔE 11.85
Backdrop · BD-AN · ΔE 12.74
Rust-Oleum · 398640 · ΔE 10.41
Kompozit · 0879 · ΔE 1.13

Questions

Is sage too dark for a small dining room?

Not at all. Soft Sage is a gentle, grayed green that reads almost like a warm neutral, so it keeps a small room feeling open instead of closed in. If you want it even airier, save the sage for one wall and carry the cream around the rest.

What metal finish works best with this scheme?

Brass or aged gold ties it together beautifully, since the Aged Brass accent already lives in that warm metal family. Think a brass chandelier, drawer pulls, or candlesticks to echo the color.

Will this look good in north-facing rooms with cool light?

Yes. The warmth in the cream and brass balances out cool daylight, so the sage stays soft and inviting rather than turning gray or flat.

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