20 Calming Paint Colors to Help You Relax at Home in 2025

Benjamin Moore’s New Providence Navy is a great calming paint color for grounding a space in sophistication. Dark colors are often thought of as dreary or overbearing, but when used with plenty of natural light and lighter accents, they can help to cocoon a space in calm.

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Stark white can sometimes feel too bright, so take a note from Jeremiah Brent and opt for a softer finish with a textured paint. The color Saint Sauvant by Portola Paints makes the space feel lived-in rather than like a brand-new build.

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It’s no surprise that in this North Carolina home where no wall is left white, a pale pink like Meet Cute by Clare Paints becomes the neutral hue. This calming paint color is slightly peachy, coordinating with the room’s warm tones.

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Interior designer Liz Bonesio opted for a soothing, pale gray in the primary bedroom of this Nashville Home for a calming effect. While the actual color pictured is unknown, we recommend Backdrop’s Ritual Unions for a similar effect.

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In this Texas guest house, which takes its style cues from a ski chalet, New White by Farrow & Ball covers the walls of the bunk room. While bright and cheery during the day, this calming paint color also helps ease the four little ones who sleep here into a more restful state before bedtime.

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Ariane Bethea designed this office to have plenty of workspace with a wraparound desk for two people. An abundance of closed storage houses all the practical (but less pretty) components of office work, while open shelving above shows off a collection of objects and books. A rich yet relaxing shade of Brinjal by Farrow & Ball blankets the entire room for a soothing backdrop.

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The Pacific Sea Teal by Benjamin Moore used in this sitting room designed by Avery Cox creates a serene atmosphere, perfect for reading and studying. Cox only painted one of the walls in this calming paint color, along with the door and moldings, so a complementary wallpaper could be applied on the opposite side.

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“The bedroom gets great light throughout the day, so we wanted to go for a peachy color on the walls that would give it a nice glow with the sunlight,” explains Leah Ring of this room her firm Another Human designed. The calming bedroom “feels layered in a comfortable way but not too busy—[you] feel very serene when you’re in the room,” Ring says. The plexiglass butterfly artwork brings a touch of whimsy.

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The calming paint color British Standard Pompadour by Fine Paints of Europe used in this bedroom by Ellie Cullman is both relaxing and cheerful. Surrounded by classic accents and refined furnishings, this ethereal shade of blue adds just the right amount of energy. We love how it mimics the sky applied in a high gloss on the ceiling.

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Nothing gives a clean, crisp vibe better than the color white—especially Benjamin Moore’s White Dove. “It sets the tone for my whole morning,” says Analisse Taft-Gersten of starting her days in this white bathroom.

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