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My Favorite Dark Paints

July 10, 2020 By Anna Groves 6 Comments

Hi. My name is Anna.  And I’m a dark-paint-aholic.  I am!  While I love light, bright and airy rooms, I am a sucker for a dark wall.  I tried to keep it all white in this new house, but once again, I broke down and painted a door, a nook, and one of my bedroom walls pure black!  In our last house, I had a wall in the office, living room, coffee bar nook, and the entire media room painted a deep gray, and I covered the whole powder room and one of my bedroom walls in an inky black/blue color.  

My tiny nook with a black slat wall- See how I did it in my instagram “slat wall” highlights

Here on the blog today, I am sharing the dark paint colors that I have used and loved, plus some others that are super promising that I found while perusing Pinterest.

Painted my Door in Limousine Leather by Behr and I used this formula in satin.

Most recently, you may have seen my bedroom makeover.  I absolutely love this color because it is a true, rich, dark matte black.  It is so pure and still, I walk into my bedroom and fall in love with it every time.  The paint color is Carbon by Behr.  I used the formula that is the most matte, and it also happens to be scuff resistant.  So if you love a matte wall, but have high traffic, I highly recommend this formula.  

  • Carbon Black
  • Formula Here
  • Love how rich and dark it is

I used the same color and formula in my nook with my slat wall.  This nook was so barren and useless.  It had no outlet, no shelf, nothing.  So I covered the wall in slats and painted it the same black that I used in my bedroom. Then I finished it off with some floating shelves. It is so good! See how I did it in my instagram highlights under “slat wall”

Carbon Black by Behr in this formula

In our last house, I painted my bedroom wall and the bathroom this inky blackish blue color and I absolutely loved it!  The color is called Blue Note by Benjamin Moore.

  • Wall in Blue Note
  • Wall in Blue Note

Another dark paint that I have loved is Cracked Pepper by Behr.  Such a beautiful, not-too-dark gray, and it looks better the more matte you go.  

Wall in my old house. Color is Cracked Pepper by Behr
Used Cracked Pepper in our office here, and other rooms in the house

Here are a few other dark colors that I think would be fantastic on a feature wall!

  • TEAL
  • NEWPORTBURY BLUE
  • BLACK FOREST GREEN
  • DARK HARBOR
  • QUARRY ROCK

THANK YOU for stopping in to read about dark colors! Can you handle talking about this in the summer time, or no? Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss a thing!


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  1. Christy says

    July 10, 2020 at 5:48 pm

    I hope You End up using the newburyport blue b/c i’ve beeN eyeing it up. Would love to see it before i make the leap. too scared For now.

    • Anna Groves says

      July 23, 2020 at 5:15 pm

      I think you should just go for it!!!!

  2. Melinda Watts says

    July 15, 2020 at 3:13 pm

    Love thiS I am going to get into dark paints in my guest room!

    • Anna Groves says

      July 23, 2020 at 5:12 pm

      Yes! That’s the perfect room to try it in!

  3. Christina says

    July 15, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    I love all of these! I’m trying to work up the courage to go with a dark blue for the bedroom in our renovation, so this helps. I would love to know if you have any recommendations for the white/light paint that’s on the other walls in the space. We need a post on your fave white paints next 🙂

    • Anna Groves says

      July 23, 2020 at 5:11 pm

      Yes! Mandi White! Google Mandi White Vintage Revivals and you’ll see the recipe for THE PERFECT white paint!

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