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Warm White & Honey Oak Dining Room Color Scheme

A bright, easygoing dining room scheme built on warm white with soft greige trim and a glow of honey oak, all matched to real paint you can buy.

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

Start with Warm White on the walls and the whole dining room lifts. It’s a creamy, sun-soft white that bounces light around the table and makes the space feel open and welcoming without ever turning cold. In a room where people linger over meals, that gentle warmth does a lot of quiet work, flattering skin tones, food, and candlelight all at once.

To keep it from feeling washed out, edge everything in Soft Greige on the trim and doors. It’s just enough deeper than the walls to draw a clean, calm outline without shouting. Then let Honey Oak be your accent, a golden, grounded wood tone that you bring in through the table, a sideboard, or a few framed pieces. So: warm white on the walls, soft greige around the trim, and honey oak in the wood and accents to tie the whole table together.

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Warm White
walls
Dunn-Edwards Bone China · DEW339
#F3EDDE
LRV 78
Soft Greige
trim
PPG / Glidden Crushed Silk · PPG1024-3
#D7CEBE
LRV 62
Honey Oak
accent
Glidden Amaretto Sours · PPG1106-6
#C09856
LRV 34

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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.

Warm White
#F2ECDE · LRV 84 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 8917 · ΔE 1.24
Behr · 710C-1 · ΔE 1.09
Benjamin Moore · ES-01 · ΔE 0.52
Valspar · 7002-5 · ΔE 0.49
PPG / Glidden · PPG1092-1 · ΔE 1.18
Glidden · 70YY 83/075 · ΔE 0.98
Dutch Boy · 019W · ΔE 1.1
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4055 · ΔE 1.24
Dunn-Edwards · DEW339 · ΔE 0.46
Magnolia Home · JG-33 · ΔE 1.5
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2003 · ΔE 1.22
Diamond Vogel · 0005 · ΔE 0.99
Hirshfield's · 0003 · ΔE 1.32
Rodda · CA001 · ΔE 0.57
C2 Paint · C2-868 · ΔE 1.18
Clare · PNT100-LT-62 · ΔE 2.63
Portola Paints · CASA FORMA · ΔE 1.58
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 10.8
Backdrop · BD-JA · ΔE 2.19
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 3.77
Kompozit · 0003 · ΔE 1.32
Soft Greige
#D6CCBC · LRV 61 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9601 · ΔE 1.34
Behr · PPU5-12 · ΔE 1.29
Benjamin Moore · CSP-400 · ΔE 1.34
Valspar · 2008-10B · ΔE 2.73
PPG / Glidden · PPG1024-3 · ΔE 0.66
Glidden · 30YY 60/104 · ΔE 0.91
Dutch Boy · 423-1DB · ΔE 3.15
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3227 · ΔE 2.83
Dunn-Edwards · DE6220 · ΔE 1.91
Magnolia Home · JG-156 · ΔE 1.15
Farrow & Ball · NO. 201 · ΔE 1.96
Diamond Vogel · 0560 · ΔE 1.21
Hirshfield's · 0560 · ΔE 1.34
Rodda · R038 · ΔE 0.79
C2 Paint · C2-912 · ΔE 3.31
Clare · PNT100-LT-17 · ΔE 2.11
Portola Paints · FIGUEROA · ΔE 2.6
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 6.17
Backdrop · BD-RR · ΔE 1.79
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 10.24
Kompozit · 0560 · ΔE 1.34
Honey Oak
#C19A5B · LRV 35 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6130 · ΔE 3.15
Behr · S290-5 · ΔE 1.17
Benjamin Moore · CW-385 · ΔE 1.65
Valspar · M159 · ΔE 1.45
PPG / Glidden · PPG1106-6 · ΔE 1.08
Glidden · PPG1106-6 · ΔE 0.84
Dutch Boy · 120-6DB · ΔE 4.48
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2173 · ΔE 3.15
Dunn-Edwards · DET486 · ΔE 1.21
Magnolia Home · JG-166 · ΔE 11.52
Farrow & Ball · NO. 66 · ΔE 2.31
Diamond Vogel · 0871 · ΔE 3.32
Hirshfield's · 0871 · ΔE 2.49
Rodda · R053 · ΔE 4.52
C2 Paint · C2-633 · ΔE 2.91
Clare · PNT100-DP-59 · ΔE 2.27
Portola Paints · BANDELIER · ΔE 8.31
Annie Sloan · CHATEAU GREY · ΔE 11.03
Backdrop · BD-CT · ΔE 13.13
Rust-Oleum · 398640 · ΔE 11.74
Kompozit · 0871 · ΔE 2.49

Questions

Will warm white walls feel too plain in a dining room?

Not when there's a little contrast around it. The soft greige trim and the honey oak warmth keep the room from going flat, so the white reads cozy and bright instead of bare.

Does honey oak still look current, or is it dated?

Used as an accent rather than everywhere, it feels fresh and grounded. A bit of warm wood tone against creamy walls is a classic Scandinavian move that stays in style.

What sheen works best for the dining room walls?

A matte or eggshell finish suits the warm white nicely. It keeps the surface soft and glare-free, which feels right for evening dinners and candlelight.

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