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Sage Color Palette — Sage Wren

A calm five-color scheme led by soft sage and grounded by warm neutrals with a single deep accent, every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Maya Patel · Reviews Editor & Product Tester

This is the kind of sage I keep reaching for in 2026 — quiet, a little gray, and easy to live with. Wren Sage leads the whole scheme, soft enough to coat the biggest surfaces without feeling like a statement.

Muted Olive deepens the same green family for a second layer, while Soft Linen and Warm Greige sit underneath as calm, warm neutrals. They keep the sage from going cold and give your eye somewhere to rest.

The winner here is restraint. Deep Pine is the only sharp note, and it earns its place precisely because there’s so little of it. Use it on one small surface and the rest of the palette snaps into focus.

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Wren Sage
Dominant
Glidden Frosted Pine · 10GY 39/136
#A5AC94
LRV 39
Muted Olive
Secondary
Dutch Boy Balsam Sprig · 325-4DB
#7D8366
LRV 22
Soft Linen
Base
Magnolia Home Antique Rose · JG-23
#EEE8DB
LRV 81
Warm Greige
Support
Benjamin Moore Brick House Tan · CW-145
#C8BCA7
LRV 51
Deep Pine
Accent
Sherwin-Williams Roycroft Bottle Green · SW 2847
#324038
LRV 5

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Wren Sage
#A6AE96 · LRV 41 · Dominant
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6178 · ΔE 3.12
Behr · S380-4 · ΔE 2.07
Benjamin Moore · CSP-795 · ΔE 2.76
Valspar · V097-3 · ΔE 1.81
PPG / Glidden · PPG1125-4 · ΔE 2.15
Glidden · 10GY 39/136 · ΔE 0.65
Dutch Boy · 423-3DB · ΔE 5.86
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3245 · ΔE 3.12
Dunn-Edwards · DET503 · ΔE 2.75
Magnolia Home · JG-51 · ΔE 2.86
Farrow & Ball · NO. 18 · ΔE 4.41
Diamond Vogel · 0372 · ΔE 5.84
Hirshfield's · 0372 · ΔE 6.56
Rodda · CA169 · ΔE 4.98
C2 Paint · C2-700 · ΔE 4.63
Clare · PNT100-MD-43 · ΔE 8.95
Portola Paints · ABERDEEN · ΔE 6.79
Annie Sloan · DUCK EGG BLUE · ΔE 5.34
Backdrop · BD-LF · ΔE 1.12
Rust-Oleum · 371674 · ΔE 3.02
Kompozit · 0372 · ΔE 6.56
Muted Olive
#7E8467 · LRV 22 · Secondary
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6179 · ΔE 1.41
Behr · S380-6 · ΔE 1.33
Benjamin Moore · 510 · ΔE 3.59
Valspar · 5007-4B · ΔE 2.12
PPG / Glidden · PPG11-26 · ΔE 2.75
Glidden · PPG11-26 · ΔE 2.48
Dutch Boy · 325-4DB · ΔE 0.38
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3243 · ΔE 1.41
Dunn-Edwards · DE6251 · ΔE 3.52
Magnolia Home · JG-09 · ΔE 3.6
Farrow & Ball · NO. 34 · ΔE 4.3
Diamond Vogel · 0429 · ΔE 1.36
Hirshfield's · 0429 · ΔE 1.11
Rodda · R059 · ΔE 4.13
C2 Paint · C2-935 · ΔE 4.03
Clare · PNT100-DP-52 · ΔE 11.09
Portola Paints · BOND STREET · ΔE 9
Annie Sloan · COCO · ΔE 11.03
Backdrop · BD-OS · ΔE 4.4
Rust-Oleum · 391446 · ΔE 12.85
Kompozit · 0429 · ΔE 1.11
Soft Linen
#EFE9DC · LRV 82 · Base
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7012 · ΔE 0.52
Behr · PPU10-14 · ΔE 0.54
Benjamin Moore · CSP-245 · ΔE 1.12
Valspar · 7007-12 · ΔE 0.85
PPG / Glidden · PPG15-05 · ΔE 0.95
Glidden · PPG1078-1 · ΔE 0.5
Dutch Boy · 018W · ΔE 0.52
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4033 · ΔE 0.52
Dunn-Edwards · DE6232 · ΔE 0.94
Magnolia Home · JG-23 · ΔE 0.22
Farrow & Ball · NO. W1 · ΔE 1.26
Diamond Vogel · 0362 · ΔE 0.77
Hirshfield's · 0001 · ΔE 0.48
Rodda · CA008 · ΔE 0.5
C2 Paint · C2-580 · ΔE 0.77
Clare · PNT100-LT-62 · ΔE 2.59
Portola Paints · KASHMIR · ΔE 2.06
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 10.53
Backdrop · BD-JA · ΔE 2.14
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 4.46
Kompozit · 0001 · ΔE 0.48
Warm Greige
#C8BCA8 · LRV 51 · Support
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9173 · ΔE 1.26
Behr · T13-8 · ΔE 1.19
Benjamin Moore · CW-145 · ΔE 0.4
Valspar · 2005-10B · ΔE 5.49
PPG / Glidden · PPG15-25 · ΔE 0.83
Glidden · PPG15-25 · ΔE 1.26
Dutch Boy · 421-2DB · ΔE 0.5
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3186 · ΔE 1.47
Dunn-Edwards · DET637 · ΔE 1.21
Magnolia Home · JG-109 · ΔE 1.95
Farrow & Ball · NO. 283 · ΔE 1.9
Diamond Vogel · 0336 · ΔE 1
Hirshfield's · 0183 · ΔE 2.17
Rodda · CA036 · ΔE 1.59
C2 Paint · C2-784 · ΔE 2.72
Clare · PNT100-LT-13 · ΔE 6.28
Portola Paints · TOPANGA · ΔE 4.74
Annie Sloan · PARIS GREY · ΔE 6.73
Backdrop · BD-BG · ΔE 12.42
Rust-Oleum · 285143 · ΔE 12.16
Kompozit · 0183 · ΔE 2.17
Deep Pine
#34423A · LRV 5 · Accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 2847 · ΔE 0.66
Behr · 710F-7 · ΔE 0.66
Benjamin Moore · 2041-10 · ΔE 4.54
Valspar · 5009-1 · ΔE 4.28
PPG / Glidden · PPG0995-7 · ΔE 8.81
Glidden · 50GG 05/063 · ΔE 3.63
Dutch Boy · 329-7DB · ΔE 0.66
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3291 · ΔE 4.17
Dunn-Edwards · DEA181 · ΔE 3.73
Magnolia Home · JG-97 · ΔE 9.91
Farrow & Ball · NO. G18 · ΔE 9.37
Diamond Vogel · 0515 · ΔE 9.83
Hirshfield's · 0473 · ΔE 6.27
Rodda · R018 · ΔE 9.38
C2 Paint · C2-677 · ΔE 3.89
Clare · PNT100-DP-54 · ΔE 9.54
Portola Paints · NOSTALGIA · ΔE 9.21
Annie Sloan · AUBUSSON BLUE · ΔE 9.36
Backdrop · BD-AH · ΔE 5.18
Rust-Oleum · 285144 · ΔE 8.93
Kompozit · 0473 · ΔE 6.27

Questions

Why does sage work as the lead color here?

Sage is a soft, low-saturation green that reads as a neutral, so it carries a whole room without tiring the eye. Pairing it with linen and greige keeps it grounded, while the deep pine adds just enough contrast to feel intentional.

How much of the accent should I use?

Keep the deep pine to roughly one-fifth of the space — a door, a shelf, or trim. Let the sage dominate, the neutrals fill in, and the accent do the punctuating.

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