Best Living Room Paint Colors for 2024

Select one of these gorgeous paint colors for your living room! The top paint colors for 2024 and beyond will help to create a relaxing and welcoming space in your home.

With more than 18 paint colors in this roundup, you’re going to find the most popular choices for living room paint colors. You will discover creamy neutrals, grays, beiges and greiges. And you’ll even find some blue, green and warmer colors if you want to branch out from a neutral palette.

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I love how easy it is to change the look and feel of a room with paint. Not to mention, it’s a pretty quick and inexpensive DIY project.

So, I’ve shared many paint color spotlight posts over the years, like the Best Blue Green Paint Colors, the Best Blue Gray Paint Colors and How to Choose the Best White Paint Color.

Some of the most helpful paint posts include: How to Create a Whole House Paint Palette, The Best Bedroom Paint Colors and Which Interior Paint Finishes to Use.

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The Best Living Room Paint Colors

As trends change, and paint color popularity ebbs and flows, there are a few rules that extend beyond current tastes. And that is that people like to have neutral canvas in the living area of their home. This allows them to change the decor for seasons or as their tastes change and not have to repaint.

In recent years, we’ve seen the rise of creamy neutral paint colors, light gray paint colors and griege paint colors. But we’re now seeing a shift to more saturated and even warm colors like navy, dark green, taupes and even rust!

As we move beyond 2022, we’ll see the embrace of more earthy tones like the rusts, terracottas raisins, chocolate browns and warm taupes.

But picking paint colors can be hard! I know. I shared my whole paint journey with you all so you know you’re not the only one.

I’ve chosen paint colors from a beautiful greige paint color to a dark and moody color, so I hope my experience helps you along the way! I’m here to help and give you some inspiration. This will save you hours of standing in the paint aisle looking at every paint swatch, too.

White and Cream Living Room Paint Colors

Over the past few years, the neutral colors have shifted away from cold grays to more warm neutrals, like Creamy (Sherwin Williams) and White Dove (Benjamin Moore).

Benjamin Moore White Dove

Oh, there are so many reasons why I love Benjamin Moore White Dove! First of all, it’s so inviting and will brighten your space without being overwhelming.

It looks gorgeous in your living room or any other room in your home or office. You can pair White Dove with many other colors such as Classic Gray, Chocolate Fondue, Flint, Cheating Heart, Silver Lake, Horizon Gray, and Hale Navy. Because it’s so versatile, the list of complementary colors goes on and on!

Sherwin Williams Creamy

This true off-white cream paint colors has an LRV of 81, making it a very bright color! It’s not a white, but a true cream. And it can read warmer toned when used in south facing rooms with warm light bulbs. It definitely feels warm and cozy, not stark white!

Pair Sherwin Williams Creamy with colors like Hale Navy, Sea Salt or Tricorn Black.

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Sherwin Williams Shoji White

Shoji White by Sherwin Williams is one of the most popular white paint colors! This color is the perfect blend of grey and beige, while still giving you all the brightness you need.

I used Shoji White in my office, but it would be beautiful in any living room, too!

Sherwin Williams Alabaster

Sherwin Williams Alabaster White (SW 7008) is known for its soft and creamy hue and has been a favorite paint color for many years!

The best thing about Sherwin Williams Alabaster White is that it has such slight undertones that it works well in just about any setting. It’s one of the first colors I recommend to people who are in the market for that elusive ideal white shade.

Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray

Agreeable Gray has been described by numerous people as “the perfect greige”—as in a color that is the perfect balance between gray and beige. Just like all greige colors, the base of this is a warm, creamy gray tint. 

Much like every other shade of paint, SW Agreeable Gray will look different in each room thanks to different lighting. For example, if you paint a room that is facing north, the paint will appear to have a blue-gray hue with less of the beige tones.

It’s always fun to see how the same paint color looks in a living room with very different decor, like this traditional living room from Our Southern Home SC.

Gray, Greige and Beige Living Room Paint Colors

Benjamin Moore Gray Owl

I couldn’t give you a list of the best living room paint colors without including one of my ultimate favorite colors: Benjamin Moore Gray Owl! The versatility of this color is amazing.

It will take on several different undertones, depending on your space and additional accents and colors. It may appear to have a greenish or blueish tint. Often you will find it as a true gray color depending on the time of day and the surroundings in your room.

You can pair Gray Owl with Cloud White, Simply White, Chantilly Lace, Burnt Ember, Peacock Blue, and White Dove.

Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter

For all you lovers of greige, this is one of the most popular living room colors! It’s warming and cozy! Looks lovely in large rooms, and sometimes you’ll even notice a little bit of green that comes out in it. You can use this color to bring out earth tones or even make a room have a more blueish shade if there is a lot of light.

The options are endless with Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter, and that’s why I love it so much. Revere Pewter goes with so many different colors that I can’t even come close to naming them all.

Some of my favorite combinations with Revere Pewter are Mink, Silver Gray, Raccoon Hollow, Chelsea Gray, Winding Vines, Cloud White, and Soft White. It’s one of the most lovely living room paint colors because you can do so much with it.

In fact, I like this one so much I used it on my own living room (pictured above).

Sherwin Williams Repose Gray

When I think of Repose Gray, I get giddy because it will work with almost all rooms, styles, and lighting situations. It’s a lovely color that is warm gray and has green and purple undertones depending on the lighting.

I find it to be one of the best living room paint colors because it’s adaptable. It looks gorgeous with Sherwin Williams Coral Clay, Pavestone, and Elder White. You won’t have any trouble giving your living room a facelift with this fantastic paint color.

Benjamin Moore Classic Gray

Benjamin Moore Classic Gray is a no-fail, neutral shade. This light gray has warm undertones so you get all the style of gray with all the warmth of your favorite creamy shades. Best paired with fresh white trim!

More Gray, Greige and Beige paint colors to explore are:

• Edgecomb Gray
• Accessible Beige
• Pale Oak

Blue and Green Living Room Paint Colors

Farrow and Ball Pigeon

This beautiful, rich blue green paint color has an LRV of 35, which means it’s pretty dark, but still allows for some light reflectance. You would want to use this color in a room with lots of windows or natural light. And I’d recommend using it with white trim, like Simply White.

Benjamin Moore Smoke

Smoke by Benjamin Moore is a calming and spa-like blue gray paint color, but doesn’t feel like it’s a bathroom paint color. It’s a beautiful hue that ties the inside to the outside as it mirrors the colors of the sky.

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The LRV of Smoke is 56, so it’s a medium paint shade and won’t be too dark or too light.

Benjamin Moore Wythe Blue

If you’ve been craving a pop of color in your living room, this Benjamin Moore Wythe Blue just may be the answer. The color is a blue-green hue that is out of this world amazing. It pairs nicely with white trim and accents, or you can go for a more dramatic look with dark wood.

I’ve used Wythe Blue in my own home because it’s truly stunning! If you happen to have a lot of yellow or brown tones to your living room, you’ll notice that it is more of a green color.

Some of the best pairings with Wythe Blue are Hale Navy, Sea Salt, Agreeable Gray, Repose Gray, Gray Owl, and Revere Pewter.

Benjamin Moore Hale Navy

If you want a color that has a stunning impact on your living room, consider Benjamin Moore Hale Navy! The gorgeous color is a great way to add an accent color without being overwhelming. And it’s one of my very favorite blue paint colors.

Whether you use it to accent one wall or paint some furniture in Hale Navy, it’s sure to look incredible. (I’m painting my living room walls this color and will update it here when I finally take pics!)

You won’t believe how easy it is to find colors that go with Hale Navy either! It’s perfect for a variety of design styles and a go-to color for many interior designers. It goes beautifully with paint colors like Cloud White, Simply White, Gray Wisp, Spring Meadow, Wythe Blue, Fawn Brindle, Woodmont Cream, Hidden Oaks, Butterfield, Sea Salt and so much more.

Sherwin Williams Sea Salt

As you can imagine, Sea Salt is a beautiful way to add character to your living room. It’s a really popular color that has warm undertones and goes beautifully in bright rooms as well as darker rooms. Keep in mind that it will look completely different depending on how bright the room is and what other colors you are using.

Some gorgeous colors that go well with Sherwin Williams Sea Salt are Stardew, Kilim Beige, Malabar, Fleur de Sel, Summit Gray, Accessible Beige, and Spare White, all from Sherwin Williams.

There you have it! Several living room paint color ideas that are perfect for any home! Choose colors that are more grays, whites, blues, and even light greens or opt to go with bright colors depending on your preferences. These are some of my very favorite colors for living rooms and wanted to share.

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