Colors · 4 guides

Black Paint Colors for Every Part of the Home

Black can make a small room feel snug, give a house crisp outlines, or add depth to a space that needs it. Each guide below starts with shades measured from public-domain paintings, shows their light reflectance value (LRV) and lists the closest paint matches. Pick the guide for the space you are painting: the bathroom guide for steamy, small rooms, the bedroom guide for a calm, enclosed feel, and the trim guide for windows, doors and exterior color schemes.

Black Accent Wall in a Living Room: Colors That Work Black · Living room Black Bathroom Paint: Three Shades and What to Pair With Them Black · Bathroom Black Trim House Colors: Exterior Schemes That Work House exterior · Black Black Color for a Bedroom: Three Shades and What to Pair With Them Black · Bedroom

Paintings these colors come from

Edward R. Bacon (1846–1915) Anders Zorn, 1897 The Musician Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1662 Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904) Carolus-Duran (Charles-Auguste-Emile Durant), 1861 A River Landscape with Storks Charles-François Daubigny, 1864