The Best Dining Room Paint Colors

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The Best Dining Room Paint Colors

Choosing the Best Dining Room Paint Colors

A dining room is so much more than a place to eat. It’s a room in which conversation and laughter, help foster new connections and togetherness. The palette below highlights the hues, tints, and shades that promote attention, conversation, openness and optimism - all helpful in setting the ideal tone for any gathering.

The Best Dining Room Paint Colors

Subtle grays like Moth Gray and Dusky Dawn are quieting and create a sophisticated backdrop, elevating mealtime conversation. They also showcase other colors well, so add your favorite hue into the décor to spark interest and dialogue. Chili Pepper provides just the right “pop” of contrasting color.

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The Gracious Dining Room

Best Dining Room Paint Colors

The Gracious Dining Room

Subtle grays like Moth Gray and Dusky Dawn are quieting and create a sophisticated backdrop, elevating mealtime conversation. They also showcase other colors well, so add your favorite hue into the décor to spark interest and dialogue. Chili Pepper provides just the right “pop” of contrasting color.

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Ask parents what they most want from a family dinner and they will likely say “harmony.” To help achieve an agreeable mood, a paint color harmony can make all the difference.


Try the combination of Lucky Penny, Dusty Trail, and Gypsum to promote the right mood. Hearty and rustic burnt oranges can change the energy of a space to feel warm, earthy, and nurturing. The addition of clean white promotes openness and lightness of mind.

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Earthy Dining Room

Best Dining Room Paint Colors

Earthy Dining Room

Try the combination of Lucky Penny, Dusty Trail, and Gypsum to promote the right mood. Hearty and rustic burnt oranges can change the energy of a space to feel warm, earthy, and nurturing. The addition of clean white promotes openness and lightness of mind.

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Sand-colored hues are some of the most versatile on the paint color wheel, as they complement a wide variety of shades and harmonies. Consider them an anchor for many palettes.


Deep shades of purple paint help set the tone, a color so rarely found in nature that it has become synonymous with opulence, uniqueness, and mystery. Plum Shade provides a distinctive backdrop for Off-White accents and neutral hues, like Moth Gray, that keep the harmony classic and timeless. 

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The Sophisticated Dining Room

Best Dining Room Paint Colors

The Sophisticated Dining Room

Deep shades of purple paint help set the tone, a color so rarely found in nature that it has become synonymous with opulence, uniqueness, and mystery. Plum Shade provides a distinctive backdrop for Off-White accents and neutral hues, like Moth Gray, that keep the harmony classic and timeless. 

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Elegance and sophistication are always in demand, especially when it comes to the dining room - a space celebrated for lavish dinner parties and special guests.


Look to nature for inving color combinations for your home. Naturally occurring color harmonies, like Cress Green, Creamy White, and Autumn Glow, evoke feelings of friendship and sharing - perfect for the dining room.

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The Friendly Dining Room

Best Dining Room Paint Colors

The Friendly Dining Room

Look to nature for inving color combinations for your home. Naturally occurring color harmonies, like Cress Green, Creamy White, and Autumn Glow, evoke feelings of friendship and sharing - perfect for the dining room.

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Try pairing a delicate green with a rich golden yellow for a warm and welcoming combination.


The rich, blue-gray of Dover Gray, paired with the stately soft blue of Magical and the crisp white of Moonlit Snow, make a fashion-forward statement to your guests.

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The Stately Dining Room

Best Dining Room Paint Colors

The Stately Dining Room

The rich, blue-gray of Dover Gray, paired with the stately soft blue of Magical and the crisp white of Moonlit Snow, make a fashion-forward statement to your guests.

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The new trend in modern décor is to mix minimalistic styling with a friendly spirit, often achieved by pairing a sophisticated palette and classic style.