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What Is Color?
Color is one of the most fulfilling elements in our lives. From a child’s glee at bright primaries
to an adult’s appreciation of calmer tones, color plays both to our hearts and minds. It also
sparks the imagination. Just think—you hold the possibilities for a wondrous spectrum every
time you pick up a paintbrush. With just a few strokes, you can change your world.
From the 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 system to help you choose just-
TM
right shades. Look to our in-store COLOR
display for all the information you’ll
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 COLOR display: They
begin with Fundamentally Neutrals at the
top and increase in brightness in the
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,
we’ve 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 COLOR display. 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
Indoor Oasis, this guide shows seven of
the 20 palettes.) The seven palettes we’ve
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 them as a guide when
selecting wall coverings, fabrics, and
flooring. You’ll achieve professional
results, making ordinary rooms
spectacular. The colors on our palette
cards have been selected by Sherwin-
Williams experts and come from all four
rows in our COLOR display. Among the
Indoor Oasis colors, for instance, are
Nacre from Fundamentally Neutrals,
Hazel from Rich Color Options, and
Glad Yellow from Vibrant Color Options.
(The Indoor Oasis room also shows Extra
White for trim.)
Time-tested exterior palettes
Our exterior color-scheme cards display
body, trim, and accent combinations,
Due to the printing process, actual colors may vary from those shown in this brochure.
For those who believe in balance, the Indoor Oasis
palette card #9 offers cool, soothing colors, offset by
the perfect accents of warmth. To turn a brand-new
suburban family room into a soul-satisfying haven,
Sherwin-Williams experts chose:
walls: Hazel SW 6471
wall above mantel: Glad Yellow SW 6694
trim: Extra White SW 7006
making it simple to choose a color Inspiration for the colors in pillows
scheme with exceptional curb appeal. and other decorative accents is
We also offer 14 take-home strips provided by:
showing Exterior Accents™ in a high- Relentless Olive SW 6425
gloss finish. Coral Reef SW 6606
Baize Green SW 6429
Interior and Exterior Nacre SW 6154
Preservation Palette®
No matter what your home’s architecture,
indoor
you’ll find authentic colors in our Interior
and Exterior Preservation Palette ® color
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
oasis
Victorian, Classical/Colonial, and
Suburban Modern. In our stores, you’ll
also find Exterior Classics, a collection of
timeless color combinations, and Exterior
Sunbelt, a vibrant palette inspired by the
colors of the southern regions. Both give
you suggestions for body, trim, and
Relentless Baize Green
accent color. Hazel Olive
Nacre
Coral Reef
Glad Yellow
magical moments
There’s just something about this style. A spark. A twist. It’s magic. To
bring the beauty of the Magical Moments palette card #17 to a home
office decorated with contemporary furnishings, we selected:
Bewitching
Blue

Snowberry

walls: Bewitching Blue SW 6960

ceiling: Snowberry SW 7140 from the Interior Highlights ® color card
Impetuous
bookcase wall and gable: Impetuous SW 6916 Colors evoke many sensations, including
a perception of being warm or cool.
Colors for the room’s Warm colors encourage conversation
accessories were inspired by: and play: They’re the colors of a sunset,
Naval SW 6244 a ripe orange, budding daffodils, or a
Kimono Violet SW 6839 copper pot. Cool colors invite relaxation Naval
Arcade White SW 7100 from the Interior Highlights ® color card 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. Kimono
Violet
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 Arcade

White
120-year-old house, fitted out to serve
as a young graphic designer’s 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
Bewitching Blue, a cool color, creates a
tranquiI, soothing atmosphere for work.
modern It’s a cool, classic style, but with a punch that tells people
you’re anything but traditional. In a big-city bedroom and
sunroom decorated for a 12-year-old girl, the Modern Edge
palette card #1 makes an ideal background for a free-spirited

edge
mix of retro and contemporary furnishings. To paint this space,
Sherwin-Williams experts chose:
bedroom walls: Butter Up SW 6681
bedroom trim: Alabaster SW 7008
sunroom walls: Wheat Grass SW 6408
sunroom trim: Butter Up SW 6681
Many furnishings and fabrics pictured here were based
on these colors from the Modern Edge palette:
Reflecting Pool SW 6486
Browse Brown SW 6012
Energetic Orange SW 6880
Quiver Tan SW 6151

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
Butter Up
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
Wheat Grass 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 Edge colors

Browse
Brown provide is longevity. They’re playful enough for a
Reflecting Pool
Quiver Tan 12-year-old occupant’s youthful imagination, but
Energetic they’re also sophisticated enough to grow up with
Orange
her, and adapt to her maturing tastes.
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Bronze
Sundance

Peppery Sensitive Tint Believable

Buff
Burgundy

folkloric charm
Is fall your favorite season? Then you’ll love the lively, toasty
colors of the Folkloric Charm palette card #7. These colors
evoke a sense of warmth and security that’s especially suited
to dining rooms and kitchens: They produce a comfortable,
conversation-sparking environment. Folkloric Charm’s colors
also conjure up images of natural dyes seen in the handcrafted
objects that well-traveled types bring home from countries
around the world. The dining room shown here belongs to just
such a globe-trotting type. To paint this space, we picked:
walls: Peppery SW 6615
upper walls and ceiling: Sundance SW 6897

Other palette colors, used as inspiration

for room accents, include:
Burgundy SW 6300
Superior Bronze SW 6152
 living is breezy
It’s a light, tropical feeling, an easygoing
style with a sunny attitude. The yellows,
grays and violets of the Living Is Breezy
palette card #19 bring the sensation of a
spring day indoors. For this spacious
contemporary bathroom we selected:
walls: Fashionable Gray SW 6275
ceiling: Cloak Gray SW 6278
cabinets: Glisten Yellow SW 6912

Colors for accessories are based on:

Parakeet SW 6711
Jay Blue SW 6797
Cay SW 6772

In this kitchen, colors from the Folkloric

Charm palette card #7 emphasize the
handsome beams and cabinetry.
walls: Believable Buff SW 6120
ceiling: Sensitive Tint SW 6267
cabinet interiors: Sundance SW 6897

folkloric charm
Fashionable
Gray Jay Blue
Glisten
Yellow

Cloak Gray Cay

Parakeet
sophisticated serenity
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
Sophisticated Serenity palette card #13 work
wonders at transforming a master bedroom into a
restful getaway. To paint this room, Sherwin-Williams
color experts chose:
walls: Foggy Day SW 6235
ceiling: Mauve Finery SW 6282
trim: Pure White SW 7005

Other palette colors, used as inspiration for

furnishings including pillows and curtains, include:
Misty SW 6232
Quixotic Plum SW 6265
Mature Grape SW 6286
Languid Blue SW 6226

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, it’s an ideal
choice for showing off the deep, rich colors
of the Sophisticated Serenity palette. Foggy Day Quixotic
Plum
Mature Mauve Finery
Grape
Languid Blue Misty
 Halcyon Green

Warm, spicy hues make anyone feel at home. They’re beautifully

soft and anything but boring. To enhance the welcoming air of
this fireplace-centered library in a century-old farmhouse, we’ve
chosen four colors from the Gracious Warmth palette card #3:
walls: Halcyon Green SW 6213
Ancestral Gold
ceiling: Ancestral Gold SW 6407
shelving fronts: Biscuit SW 6112
bookcase interiors: Red Bay SW 6321

Colors for furnishings in this room

were inspired by:
Biscuit
Golden Fleece SW 6388
Red Bay Garden Gate SW 6167

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
Golden Fleece 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
Garden Gate subtle, moss-tone upholsteries in this
library look faded or dowdy. Gentle
Halcyon Green sets them off quite nicely.

gracious
warmth
 Caen Stone
Rosedust Acanthus

victorian Aristocrat
Peach

The stair hall in a 19th-century house deserves

colors from the 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, we’ve
selected:
walls: Festoon Aqua SW 0019
ceiling: Pearl Gray SW 0052
trim: Classic Light Buff SW 0050

For a vintage dining room, the

Sherwin-Williams Preservation Palette ®
Classical/Colonial collection offers sumptuous,
elegant colors recalling those preferred by
America’s founding families:
walls above chair rail: Rosedust SW 0025
walls below chair rail: Caen Stone SW 0028
ceiling: Aristocrat Peach SW 0027
trim: Classic Light Buff SW 0050
Festoon corner-cabinet interiors: Acanthus SW 0029
Aqua

Other architectural eras brought to life in the

Preservation Palette ® include Arts & Crafts (late

Pearl
Gray

Classic
Light Buff
1800s--early1900s), the Jazz Age (1920s),
Streamlined Years (1930s--1940s), and Suburban
Modern (1950s) collections.
classical colonial
exteriors Arts & Crafts
America’s most popular house style from about 1900
until 1940, the Arts & Crafts or Craftsman
bungalow was typically compact,
Ranch
Just after World War II,
newlyweds across the United
States began building ranch
houses—rambling, one-story structures with attached
garages. These houses characterized much of the building boom of the
1950s and 1960s, and are still being built today. A ranch’s exterior siding
often combines clapboards with shingles or brick. Suggested for the ranch
above is this sophisticated new look:
body: Hardware SW 6172
Universal Khaki
Poetry Plum Hardware

Red Cent

Captivating Cream

Morning Sun
square, and capped by a low- trim: Universal Khaki SW 6150
hipped roof. A scheme to suit the charmingly shutters and door: Poetry Plum SW 6019
modest and solid structure above includes: Roycroft Suede

body: Roycroft Suede SW 2842 Aurora Brown

Roycroft Bronze Green

Colonial
trim: Roycroft Bronze Green SW 2846 Rookwood Shutter Green Colonial is perhaps the most enduring of American house styles.
accents: Aurora Brown SW 2837 Colonial Revival Gray
Gracious, symmetrically laid out houses first appeared in this
Vermillion
For additional recommended colors, see the exterior country in the 1700s: In New England, they usually were faced
Classical White
Preservation Palette® Arts & Crafts collection. with shingles or clapboards, while in the South early settlers used
bricks. In the late 1800s, Colonial-style

Victorian houses became popular again, and the

revival born at that time has never completely
Victorian homes are sometimes painted in a whimsical disappeared—many brand-new houses still Mediterranean
and colorful manner, inspired by the “painted ladies” in are constructed in this traditional style. A The warm climates of Florida, Texas, Arizona, and
San Francisco. In most people’s minds, these houses, classic option for the exterior of a Colonial Southern California are perfectly suited to houses
spanning most of the 19th century, are characterized by house, left, include: built with stucco walls and tile roofs—a style that
many gables, wraparound porches with turned posts, lacy body: Colonial Revival Gray SW 2832 first evolved along the shores of the balmy
“gingerbread” or fancy cast-iron trim, and even the trim: Classical White SW 2829 Mediterranean Sea. To capture such a structure’s
occasional turret. Victorian exteriors call for multicolor door: Vermillion SW 2914 exotic appeal, consider:
schemes, left: Exterior Accents™ body: Captivating Cream SW 6659
body: Blissful Blue SW 6527 shutters: Rookwood Shutter Green SW 2809 trim: Morning Sun SW 6672
trim: Minuet White SW 6819 Discover more choices in the exterior accents: Red Cent SW 6341
Obi Lilac accents: Commodore SW 6524, Obi Lilac SW 6556 Preservation Palette ® Classical/Colonial
Blissful Blue For historic color options, see the exterior Preservation collection.
Commodore
Palette ® Victorian collection.
Minuet White
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