11 Designer-Approved Coffee Paint Colors That Will Perk Up Your Space

White is often considered the default neutral for a space, and we get it. White paint is light and bright, but it can also read a little cold and blah sometimes. So, we’d like to suggest a new go-to hue—coffee! While that word encompasses a whole lot of tones (starting with creamy, light tones and working its way deeper into the shade of a yummy dark roast), the brown meets beige meets cream color brings a natural warmth and calm to a space that can really liven it up.

And, did we mention it’s super on-trend? This year at the Real Simple Home, we noticed that so many of our designers were dousing their spaces in these shades. The Brownstone Boys, for example, used this palette in both their kitchen and living room, with Valspar’s Swiss Coffee and Pick of the Litter. Mikel Welch used both light and dark coffee shades in his primary bedroom, coating the walls in Savoury Beige and the ceilings in Potter’s Rock. So what shade is right for you? We asked some of our favorite designers to tell us about the coffee paint colors they crave. If beige isn’t your jam, check out these designer-approved gray paint colors and these super soothing paint shades.