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C olor is one of the m ost fulfilling elem ents in our lives. From a childs glee at bright prim aries
to an adults appreciation of calm er tones, color plays both to our hearts and m inds. It also
sparks the im agination. Just thinkyou hold the possibilities for a w ondrous spectrum every
tim e you pick up a paintbrush. W ith just a few strokes, you can change your w orld.
Fromthe moment you step into the
colorful world of a Sherwin-Williams
store, your home will be on its way
to a thrilling transformation. We make
decorating easier with over 1,000 colors
plus a systemto help you choose just-
right shades. Look to our in-store COLOR
display for all the information youll
need. Meanwhile, this complimentary
guide gives you a preview of:
Simply Color
Sherwin-Williams has reinvented color for
your home. Our hues are captured on
oversize swatch cards for a better view.
Each card features an ergonomically
designed wave edge to fit comfortably in
your hand. The swatches on our cards
offer light, medium, and deep variations
of every hue. Swatch cards are grouped
in four rows on the COLORdisplay: They
begin with Fundamentally Neutrals at the
top and increase in brightness in the
What Is Color?
For those who believe in balance, the Ind oor O a si s
palette card #9 offers cool, soothing colors, offset by
the perfect accents of warmth. To turn a brand-new
suburban family roominto a soul-satisfying haven,
Sherwin-Williams experts chose:
walls: Ha z el SW 6 4 7 1
wall above mantel: G la d Yellow SW 6 6 9 4
trim: Extra W hi te SW 7 0 0 6
Inspiration for the colors in pillows
and other decorative accents is
provided by:
Relentless O li ve SW 6 4 2 5
Cora l Reef SW 6 6 0 6
Ba i z e G reen SW 6 4 2 9
N a cre SW 6 1 5 4
indoor
oasis
Due to the printing process, actual colors may vary fromthose shown in this brochure.
subsequent rows. This makes color
selection a breeze. If you prefer subtlety,
the Fundamentally Neutrals are for you.
The Rich Color Options row offers a
range of gorgeous, inviting hues, while
our Vibrant Color Options row resonates
with clear, clean colors. And the row of
Energetic Brights provides the lively
colors that will add vitality to your
decorating scheme.
Appealing interior palettes
For your inspiration and convenience,
weve combined a number of our colors
into 20 exciting palettes reflecting a
variety of styles and moods. You can find
these palettes on the rotating rack next to
the COLORdisplay. Each palette,
arranged on a convenient take-home
card, offers six interior colors to provide
a complete decorating scheme.
(Beginning on the opposite page with
Ind oor O a si s, this guide shows seven of
the 20 palettes.) The seven palettes weve
illustrated show how color can be
playful, dramatic, sophisticated, or laid-
back. Interchange our palette-card colors
for your ceiling, walls, accents, or trim,
and also use themas a guide when
selecting wall coverings, fabrics, and
flooring. Youll achieve professional
results, making ordinary rooms
spectacular. The colors on our palette
cards have been selected by Sherwin-
Williams experts and come fromall four
rows in our COLORdisplay. Among the
Ind oor O a si s colors, for instance, are
N a cre fromFundamentally Neutrals,
Ha z el fromRich Color Options, and
G la d Yellow fromVibrant Color Options.
(The Ind oor O a si s roomalso shows Extra
W hi te for trim.)
Time-tested exterior palettes
Our exterior color-scheme cards display
body, trim, and accent combinations,
making it simple to choose a color
scheme with exceptional curb appeal.
We also offer 14 take-home strips
showing Exterior Accents in a high-
gloss finish.
Interior and Exterior
Preservation Palette

No matter what your homes architecture,

youll find authentic colors in our Interior
and Exterior Preservation Palettecolor
cards to suit the style in which it was
built. These cards offer colors for both
interiors and exteriors, identifying
authentic hues chosen for styles including
Victorian, Classical/ Colonial, and
Suburban Modern. In our stores, youll
also find Exteri or Cla ssi cs, a collection of
timeless color combinations, and Exteri or
Sunb elt, a vibrant palette inspired by the
colors of the southern regions. Both give
you suggestions for body, trim, and
accent color.
Baize Green
Hazel
Glad Yellow
Coral Reef
Relentless
Olive
Nacre
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magical moments
Theres just something about this style. A spark. A twist. Its magic. To
bring the beauty of the M a g i ca l M oments palette card #17 to a home
office decorated with contemporary furnishings, we selected:
walls: Bew i tchi ng Blue SW 6 9 6 0
ceiling: Snow b err y SW 7 1 4 0 fromthe Interior Highlightscolor card
bookcase wall and gable: Imp etuous SW 6 9 1 6
Colors for the rooms
accessories were inspired by:
N a va l SW 6 2 4 4
Ki mono Vi olet SW 6 8 3 9
A rca d e W hi te SW 7 1 0 0 fromthe Interior Highlightscolor card
Colors evoke many sensations, including
a perception of being warm or cool.
Warm colors encourage conversation
and play: Theyre the colors of a sunset,
a ripe orange, budding daffodils, or a
copper pot. Cool colors invite relaxation
and thought. Cool hues are inspired by
water, sky, violets, and silvery tones.
Sherwin-Williams experts suggest using
both warm and cool colors in rooms
where you desire balance and variety.
Such combinations result in rooms that
will feel fresh, original, and appropriate
for a number of activities.
The space shown here is an attic in a
120-year-old house, fitted out to serve
as a young graphic designers home
office. Bright accent walls in Impetuous,
a citrus-spiked warm color, promote
creativity and intrigue clients who drop
by for visits. The more overall use of
BewitchingBlue, a cool color, creates a
tranquiI, soothing atmosphere for work.
Arcade
White
Naval
Impetuous
Snowberry
Bewitching
Blue
Kimono
Violet
modern
edge
To give a big room a more intimate feel, paint it in
colors that make the walls seem to advance toward
you. These colors include red, gold, orange, and
brown. To help a small room seem larger, paint it in
colors that make the walls appear to recede, such as
blue, green, or violet.
These dependable formulas were used effectively in
the pair of rooms shown here. To create a cozy,
cocoonlike bedroom, the walls were painted with
the cheery, glowing Butter Up. Because the adjacent
sunroom is tiny, its walls were done in Wheat
Grass, a green tone that visually expands the space.
Another advantage these Modern Edgecolors
provide is longevity. Theyre playful enough for a
12-year-old occupants youthful imagination, but
theyre also sophisticated enough to grow up with
her, and adapt to her maturing tastes.
Butter Up
Energetic
Orange
Browse
Brown
Quiver Tan
Reflecting Pool
Wheat Grass
Its a cool, classic style, but with a punch that tells people
youre anything but traditional. In a big-city bedroomand
sunroomdecorated for a 12-year-old girl, the M od er n Ed g e
palette card #1 makes an ideal background for a free-spirited
mix of retro and contemporary furnishings. To paint this space,
Sherwin-Williams experts chose:
bedroomwalls: Butter Up SW 6 6 8 1
bedroomtrim: A la b a ster SW 7 0 0 8
sunroomwalls: W hea t G ra ss SW 6 4 0 8
sunroomtrim: Butter Up SW 6 6 8 1
Many furnishings and fabrics pictured here were based
on these colors fromthe M od er n Ed g e palette:
Reflecti ng Pool SW 6 4 8 6
Brow se Brow n SW 6 0 1 2
Energ eti c O ra ng e SW 6 8 8 0
Q ui ver Ta n SW 6 1 5 1
folkloric charm
Is fall your favorite season? Then youll love the lively, toasty
colors of the Folklori c Cha r m palette card #7. These colors
evoke a sense of warmth and security thats especially suited
to dining rooms and kitchens: They produce a comfortable,
conversation-sparking environment. Folklori c Cha r m s colors
also conjure up images of natural dyes seen in the handcrafted
objects that well-traveled types bring home fromcountries
around the world. The dining roomshown here belongs to just
such a globe-trotting type. To paint this space, we picked:
walls: Pep p er y SW 6 6 1 5
upper walls and ceiling: Sund a nce SW 6 8 9 7
Other palette colors, used as inspiration
for roomaccents, include:
Burg und y SW 6 3 0 0
Sup eri or Bronz e SW 6 1 5 2
Sundance
Burgundy
Sensitive Tint Peppery
Superior
Bronze
Believable
Buff
living is breezy
In this kitchen, colors fromthe Folklori c
Cha r m palette card #7 emphasize the
handsome beams and cabinetry.
walls: Beli eva b le Buff SW 6 1 2 0
ceiling: Sensi ti ve Ti nt SW 6 2 6 7
cabinet interiors: Sund a nce SW 6 8 9 7
folkloric charm
Its a light, tropical feeling, an easygoing
style with a sunny attitude. The yellows,
grays and violets of the Li vi ng Is Breez y
palette card #19 bring the sensation of a
spring day indoors. For this spacious
contemporary bathroomwe selected:
walls: Fa shi ona b le G ra y SW 6 2 7 5
ceiling: Cloa k G ra y SW 6 2 7 8
cabinets: G li sten Yellow SW 6 9 1 2
Colors for accessories are based on:
Pa ra keet SW 6 7 1 1
Ja y Blue SW 6 7 9 7
Ca y SW 6 7 7 2
Cay
Jay Blue
Cloak Gray
Fashionable
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Glisten
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Natural light and the direction of exposure affect
the way a color looks. Think about whether your
room has a sunny southern or less-bright northern
exposure, and take into account the number and
size of your windows. As a rule, a color will
appear one or two shades darker on your wall
than it did on the paint chip.
The corner bedroom shown on these pages was
built with many windows, and has two exposures.
Because it basks in so much sunlight, its an ideal
choice for showing off the deep, rich colors
of the Sophisticated Serenity palette.
Soothing, yes. Sedate? Never. These colors let you
keep your cool, without ever losing your sense of
style. The blues, purples, and grays of the
Sop hi sti ca ted Sereni ty palette card #13 work
wonders at transforming a master bedroominto a
restful getaway. To paint this room, Sherwin-Williams
color experts chose:
walls: Fog g y Da y SW 6 2 3 5
ceiling: M a uve Fi ner y SW 6 2 8 2
trim: Pure W hi te SW 7 0 0 5
Other palette colors, used as inspiration for
furnishings including pillows and curtains, include:
M i sty SW 6 2 3 2
Q ui xoti c Plum SW 6 2 6 5
M a ture G ra p e SW 6 2 8 6
La ng ui d Blue SW 6 2 2 6
Foggy Day
Languid Blue
Mature
Grape
Quixotic
Plum
Misty
Mauve Finery
When you choose paint colors for a room,
consider your existing furniture. You may
want to select a color inspired by a favorite
fabric or antique. Sherwin-Williams
experts suggest trying out a prospective
paint choice next to your belongings to
preview its effect. For example, a bright
turquoise wall hue might have made the
subtle, moss-tone upholsteries in this
library look faded or dowdy. Gentle
Halcyon Green sets them off quite nicely.
Warm, spicy hues make anyone feel at home. Theyre beautifully
soft and anything but boring. To enhance the welcoming air of
this fireplace-centered library in a century-old farmhouse, weve
chosen four colors fromthe G ra ci ous W a r mth palette card #3:
walls: Ha lcyon G reen SW 6 2 1 3
ceiling: A ncestra l G old SW 6 4 0 7
shelving fronts: Bi scui t SW 6 1 1 2
bookcase interiors: Red Ba y SW 6 3 2 1
Colors for furnishings in this room
were inspired by:
G old en Fleece SW 6 3 8 8
G a rd en G a te SW 6 1 6 7 Red Bay
Biscuit
Golden Fleece
gracious
warmth
Ancestral Gold
Halcyon Green
Garden Gate
classical colonial
victorian
The stair hall in a 19th-century house deserves
colors fromthe Sherwin-Williams Preservation
Palette Victorian collection that enhance its fine
proportions. To create a rich, tone-on-tone look
that perfectly evokes the Victorian era, weve
selected:
walls: Festoon A q ua SW 0 0 1 9
ceiling: Pea rl G ra y SW 0 0 5 2
trim: Cla ssi c Li g ht Buff SW 0 0 5 0
For a vintage dining room, the
Sherwin-Williams Preservation Palette
Classical/ Colonial collection offers sumptuous,
elegant colors recalling those preferred by
Americas founding families:
walls above chair rail: Rosed ust SW 0 0 2 5
walls below chair rail: Ca en Stone SW 0 0 2 8
ceiling: A ri stocra t Pea ch SW 0 0 2 7
trim: Cla ssi c Li g ht Buff SW 0 0 5 0
corner-cabinet interiors: A ca nthus SW 0 0 2 9
Other architectural eras brought to life in the
Preservation Palette include Arts & Crafts (late
1800s--early1900s), the Jazz Age (1920s),
Streamlined Years (1930s--1940s), and Suburban
Modern (1950s) collections.
Festoon
Aqua
Pearl
Gray
Classic
Light Buff
Rosedust
Aristocrat
Peach
Caen Stone
Acanthus
exteriors
Ranch
Just after World War II,
newlyweds across the United
States began building ranch
housesrambling, one-story structures with attached
garages. These houses characterized much of the building boomof the
1950s and 1960s, and are still being built today. A ranchs exterior siding
often combines clapboards with shingles or brick. Suggested for the ranch
above is this sophisticated new look:
body: Ha rd w a re SW 6 1 7 2
trim: Uni versa l Kha ki SW 6 1 5 0
shutters and door: Poetr y Plum SW 6 0 1 9
Colonial
Colonial is perhaps the most enduring of American house styles.
Gracious, symmetrically laid out houses first appeared in this
country in the 1700s: In New England, they usually were faced
with shingles or clapboards, while in the South early settlers used
bricks. In the late 1800s, Colonial-style
houses became popular again, and the
revival born at that time has never completely
disappearedmany brand-new houses still
are constructed in this traditional style. A
classic option for the exterior of a Colonial
house, left, include:
body: Coloni a l Revi va l G ra y SW 2 8 3 2
trim: Cla ssi ca l W hi te SW 2 8 2 9
door: Ver mi lli on SW 2 9 1 4
Exteri or A ccents
shutters: Rookw ood Shutter G reen SW 2 8 0 9
Discover more choices in the exterior
Preservation PaletteClassical/ Colonial
collection.
Arts & Crafts
Americas most popular house style fromabout 1900
until 1940, the Arts & Crafts or Craftsman
bungalow was typically compact,
square, and capped by a low-
hipped roof. A scheme to suit the charmingly
modest and solid structure above includes:
body: Roycroft Sued e SW 2 8 4 2
trim: Roycroft Bronz e G reen SW 2 8 4 6
accents: A urora Brow n SW 2 8 3 7
For additional recommended colors, see the exterior
Preservation PaletteArts & Crafts collection.
Mediterranean
The warmclimates of Florida, Texas, Arizona, and
Southern California are perfectly suited to houses
built with stucco walls and tile roofsa style that
first evolved along the shores of the balmy
Mediterranean Sea. To capture such a structures
exotic appeal, consider:
body: Ca p ti va ti ng Crea m SW 6 6 5 9
trim: M or ni ng Sun SW 6 6 7 2
accents: Red Cent SW 6 3 4 1
Aurora Brown
Hardware
Captivating Cream
Red Cent
Classical White
Roycroft Suede
Roycroft Bronze Green
Commodore
Obi Lilac
Colonial Revival Gray
Rookwood Shutter Green
Vermillion
Victorian
Victorian homes are sometimes painted in a whimsical
and colorful manner, inspired by the painted ladies in
San Francisco. In most peoples minds, these houses,
spanning most of the 19th century, are characterized by
many gables, wraparound porches with turned posts, lacy
gingerbread or fancy cast-iron trim, and even the
occasional turret. Victorian exteriors call for multicolor
schemes, left:
body: Bli ssful Blue SW 6 5 2 7
trim: M i nuet W hi te SW 6 8 1 9
accents: Commod ore SW 6 5 2 4 , O b i Li la c SW 6 5 5 6
For historic color options, see the exterior Preservation
PaletteVictorian collection.
Poetry Plum
Minuet White
Blissful Blue
Universal Khaki
Morning Sun
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