25 Designer-Approved Living Room Paint Colors to Try Right Now

Grass green brings the outside in while keeping all the good parts—the freshness, the vitality, the connection to nature—without the pollen count. In this colorful Toronto home, designer Colette van den Thillart covered the walls in Wasabi by Para Paints.

Some might call gold paint dramatic, but we prefer to think of it as optimistic—it’s like your walls are always dressed for the party, even if that party is just you curled up with a good book. Luxurious gold hues fill designer Linda Pinto’s Paris home, and it is oh-so-elegant. To match this glittering look, try Behr’s Classic Gold.

This Los Angeles home, designed by Ashley Lavonne Walker, knows a secret: the best way to raise the roof is to make it disappear altogether. Thanks to a cleverly painted light blue ceiling, the room seems to float upward. To match this dreamy space, we love Benjamin Moore’s Misty Blue.

Color is the main character in this weekend retreat in Yucca Valley, California, designed by Another Human’s Leah Ring, and we are loving the vibrant delicateness of this living room. For a dreamy sky-blue like the one seen here, try Bluebelle by Benjamin Moore.

In this Parisian den, designer Pierre Yovanovitch worked with Atelier Mériguet-Carrère to develop custom paint colors for the space, like the chartreuse on the ceiling—though Benjamin Moore’s Chartreuse also does the trick. Leave it to the French to brilliantly turn conventional wisdom on its head—literally.

“We imagined walking into our jewel box, each gem blown up to an architectural scale,” the homeowner of this Paris apartment told ELLE DECOR. “That is exactly what we got,” starting with this stunning blue ombré living room. To recreate the look, try out Sherwin Williams’ Azure Tide against a creamy white.