Paint color guides

Paint colors that work in your home, inside and out

Choose colors for the room and the light you actually have. Every guide shows how light each color reads (LRV), how it shifts in north, south and evening light, what to pair it with, and the closest Sherwin-Williams, Behr, Farrow & Ball and Valspar paints. For the outside of the house, complete schemes for walls, trim, front door and roof that you can recolor.

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Latest color guides

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Colors by room

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Bedroom 47 guides Living room 14 guides Bathroom 12 guides Kitchen 12 guides Hallway 3 guides

Exterior house colors

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House colors 32 guides Trim & shutters 5 guides Colors by roof 3 guides

Color palettes from famous paintings

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An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child Léon Bonnat, 1869–70 Beggar with a Duffle Coat (Philosopher) Édouard Manet, 1865–67 A Mexican Vaquero Frederic Remington, 1890 Madame Grand (Noël Catherine Vorlée, 1761–1835) Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1783

What every guide gives you

Checked in real light

Each color is previewed in cool north light, warm south sun and under evening lamps, so you see the version your room will get.

Numbers, not adjectives

Light reflectance (LRV) tells you how bright a wall will read: above 60 bounces light around, below 20 reads deep and dark.

Matched to real paint

The closest Sherwin-Williams, Behr, Farrow & Ball and Valspar colors, with how close each match is. Always test a sample.

Combinations that already work

Colors are measured from public-domain paintings, so every pairing is one a painter has already proven works together.