Paint colors for your home, inside and out
19th-century French painting · art-to-room palette
This palette comes from a warm village landscape, with olive and khaki earth tones, golden wheat, and soft apricot. It suits rooms that need a calm, grounded feel with a sunny lift.
Quick answer
Use the pale apricot (#F0D6BF) on the main walls. Put the soft wheat gold (#D0B166) on a feature wall or large furniture, and bring in the warm marigold (#FAC273) through cushions, curtains, or a rug. Keep the deep olive bronze (#726A42) for wood, such as trim, doors, or a floor.
Measured from the image and ordered by how much of the canvas they cover. LRV is how much light a color reflects, from 0 for black to 100 for white.
Left, every pixel of the canvas snapped to its nearest palette color. Right, the detail where each color is strongest.
The nearest color from each brand. “Near-identical” and “Very close” are hard to tell apart on a wall; with “Similar”, compare a sample with the painting. Brands with nothing close are left out.
| Painting color | Closest paints | LRV | Use it for |
|---|---|---|---|
deep olive bronze#726A42 |
|
14 | Wood and frames |
muted khaki gold#A48F5B |
|
28 | One bold piece |
soft wheat gold#D0B166 |
|
46 | Bed, sofa, curtains |
pale apricot blush#F0D6BF |
|
70 | Main walls |
warm marigold#FAC273 |
|
60 | One small textile |
camel tan#C69663 |
|
35 | Small accents, art, accessories |
Paint names belong to their brands. Matches are measured from screen colors and are approximate; Light & Pigment is not affiliated with any paint brand.
The wall color shifted for the light it will live in. Check the version closest to your room before buying a sample.
#D2C5BBNorth light is cooler and softer, so the pale apricot wall can look more muted and slightly greyer. Its light reflectance value of 70 still keeps the room bright. Pair it with warm white trim to keep it from looking flat.
#F3DABFStrong south light brings out the warm red-orange undertone in the apricot wall. Its reflectance of 70 will bounce a lot of light, so the room can feel bright and airy. The deeper olive and bronze tones will look richer in the same light.
#CAAB8BWarm evening bulbs push the yellow and orange undertones forward. The apricot and marigold will look glowing and cozy. The khaki and olive tones will look deeper and more golden.
Pick which painting color goes on the walls, the big furniture and the bold piece. Floors, shadows and light follow your choices.
Wood takes deep olive bronze and the rug border takes warm marigold in every combination.
Details from the painting next to the colors and materials that carry them into a room.
A card with the painting, all 6 colors and a room scheme. Pin it, or take it to the paint store.
Use the pale apricot (#F0D6BF) for most of the walls. Its light reflectance value of 70 keeps the room bright. The soft wheat gold can take over one feature wall if you want more depth.
Use the deep olive bronze (#726A42) on wood trim, doors, or a single piece of furniture rather than on every wall. Its reflectance value of 14 is very dark, and in a small room it can make the space feel closed in.
The paint matches listed on the page are the closest measured matches to each color, not exact copies. Light changes how every color looks, so test a sample on your own wall and check it at morning, midday, and night.
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public domain (CC0). Palette, posterized image, details and room views generated by Light & Pigment from that image. Colors look different on screen than on a wall, so always test a sample.
