Paint Palette

Create a cohesive paint palette for your home that flows from one room to another. Get the best cream paint color names for every room and lighting situation.

Learn how to work with what you’ve got and create a whole-home paint palette that you’ll love for years to come.

When we purchased our home, we had planned to do one paint color for the main level and another for the upper level.

While I’m content with the upper level for now, the lower level needed a little variation to add interest and compensate for different lighting factors.

Whole Home Paint Palette

I created a paint color chart to keep them all straight and have shared our paint color names in detail along the way. You can find all of our paint colors here.

However, I am often asked for our paint color names for a particular room, so I’m breaking it down for you today!

Creating a cohesive paint palette is important so that it flows from one room to another. It’s okay to have various shades of paint colors or completely different paint colors as long as you ensure they transition easily.

You can do this in a number of ways. The simplest is to go lighter or darker on the paint color selection card. You can also put cards together to see how they play with one another.

What you’re looking for is the same undertone or one that compliments the lighting situation for that particular room. Painting samples on a wall is the best way to ensure you’re creating a cohesive paint palette.

When in our home, you may not realize that the mudroom and breakfast room are not the same color as the kitchen.

While all on the same north facing side of our home, the kitchen receives less light and therefore needed a slightly different paint color.

The color used in our breakfast room would have felt too yellow, however the two (though completely different) look almost identical.

Paint Color Names, By Room

St. Louis Tudor

• Exterior Paint – Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee
• Exterior Trim – Benjamin Moore Pale Oak
• Garage – Farrow and Ball White Tie
• Potting Bench – Sherwin Williams Evergreen Fog
• Mudroom – Benjamin Moore Navajo White
• Mudroom Powder Room – Benjamin Moore Navajo White
• Kitchen – Custom (see code)
• Breakfast Nook – Benjamin Moore Simply White at 75%
• Dining Room – Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace
• Family Music Room – Sherwin Williams Zurich White
• Office – Sherwin Williams Zurich White
• Foyer – Sherwin Williams Extra White
• Living Room – Sherwin Williams Extra White
• Basement – Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee
• Basement Bar – Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray
• Basement Bathroom – Benjamin Moore Cloud White
• Bedrooms – Benjamin Moore Soft Chamois
• Primary Bath – Benjamin Moore Decorator’s White up top and Benjamin Moore Classic Gray on the board and batten
• Spa Bath – Benjamin Moore White Dove
• Modern Laundry Room – Benjamin Moore Soft Chamois
• Hall – Benjamin Moore Soft Chamois
• Deck – Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee
• Screened in Porch – Sherwin Williams Everyday White

Table Rock Lake House

• Exterior Siding – James Hardie Arctic White
• Main Level – Benjamin Moore Simply White
• Bunk Bed Room – Benjamin Moore Pink Bliss
• Nautical Bath – Benjamin Moore Hale Navy
• Dutch Door – Benjamin Moore Silver Gray
• Ikea Chest in Guest Bedroom – Benjamin Moore Slate Blue
• Garage Mudroom – Benjamin Moore Smoke