Purple Paint Colors

Purple Paint Colors, Tried on a Photo of Your Room

Pale lavender, dusty mauve, deep plum or aubergine: upload a photo of your bedroom, living room or bathroom, name the purple, and see it on your walls before you buy paint.

Free account required. New accounts get 1 free render (watermarked), then paid plans.

Try it on your own photo

Upload a photo of your room with the lights on. Name the color and say that only the walls change and the trim, ceiling, furniture and floor stay exactly the same.

Open the full paint tool in Custom mode

Purple Walls, Before and After

AI-generated sample edits of three rooms. The before photos are AI-drawn stand-in rooms, not photos of real homes; the camera angle and light stay the same and only the walls should change. One of the three, the living room, was rerun with a new seed and a clearer instruction after the first try left one wall half painted; its caption says so. The captions also name what else changed. The samples were made with an image model and settings (4 processing steps) that may differ from the live paint tool, so your own render may look different. A render shows a color idea, not real paint.

Bedroom with plain white walls, a white bed with gray bedding, a white nightstand with a lamp and a light wood floor, before — White to a soft pale lavender. The bed and gray bedding, the nightstand and lamp, the trim and the floor look the same.

The same bedroom with the walls painted soft pale lavender, with the bed, bedding, nightstand, lamp and floor kept — White to a soft pale lavender. The bed and gray bedding, the nightstand and lamp, the trim and the floor look the same.

Living room with gray-greige walls, a mustard yellow armchair, a gray sofa, a wood sideboard and framed abstract art, before — Greige to deep plum on all the walls. Our first run asked for the back wall only and left the right wall half plum and half greige, so we reran with a new seed and asked for every wall; the edit shown is from that rerun. The sofa's shape changed slightly; the mustard chair, the sideboard, the art and the white trim look the same.

The same living room with all the walls painted deep plum purple, with the trim, armchair, sofa, sideboard and art kept — Greige to deep plum on all the walls. Our first run asked for the back wall only and left the right wall half plum and half greige, so we reran with a new seed and asked for every wall; the edit shown is from that rerun. The sofa's shape changed slightly; the mustard chair, the sideboard, the art and the white trim look the same.

Bathroom with pale blue-gray walls above white subway tile, two white pedestal sinks, brass-framed mirrors and lights and a black and white checkered floor, before — Pale blue-gray to a dusty mauve above the white subway tile. The tile, the two pedestal sinks, the brass mirrors and lights and the checkered floor look the same.

The same bathroom with the walls above the tile painted dusty mauve, with the tile, sinks, mirrors, lights and floor kept — Pale blue-gray to a dusty mauve above the white subway tile. The tile, the two pedestal sinks, the brass mirrors and lights and the checkered floor look the same.

How to Preview a Purple on Your Walls

Photograph the room in its usual light. Purple shifts with light, so take the photo at the time of day you use the room most.
Open the paint tool in Custom mode. Upload the photo and describe the change in one sentence: “Paint only the walls a soft lavender. Keep the trim, the ceiling, the furniture and the floor exactly the same.” For one wall, name it clearly, for example “only the wall behind the bed”, and check the result.
Compare a pale and a deep purple. Render a lavender and a plum and compare them. Then paint a large sample and look at it in the morning and the evening.

For one purple wall, try the accent wall visualizer. For other deep colors, see moody paint colors, and for softer warm colors, see pink paint colors.

Purples to Try

Pale lavender

Heathered Nest lists Benjamin Moore Lavender Ice 2069-60 (LRV 66.54) for a home office and Sherwin-Williams Silver Peony SW 6547, a warm lavender, for a bedroom with gold accents.

Lavender with gray

Heathered Nest lists Benjamin Moore Dreamy Cloud 2117-70, with a slight gray, for a bathroom.

Lilac-gray

Heathered Nest lists Benjamin Moore Shadow 2117-30 (LRV 9.3) as a lilac-gray that needs plenty of natural light.

Cool, blue purple

Heathered Nest lists Sherwin-Williams Brave Purple SW 6823 as a cool, blue purple for a dining room.

Mauve and soft purple

DesignDash describes Sherwin-Williams Autumn Orchid SW 9157 (LRV 29) as a softened purple with gray and brown that pairs with warm wood, aged brass and cream.

Aubergine and plum

DesignDash describes Farrow & Ball Brinjal No. 222 as warm and red-leaning, used by designers with brass and warm wood, and Benjamin Moore Black Raspberry 2072-20 as having a brown undertone.

Before You Paint a Room Purple

Check the direction of the light. Heathered Nest says north-facing rooms make purple look bluer and south-facing rooms make it lighter and redder.
Test at the right time. Heathered Nest suggests testing at the time of day you use the room.
Start with one wall for deep purples. Interior Company says dark purple on every wall can feel enclosing and suggests one wall behind the bed or sofa as a start.
Match the shade to the room. Interior Company says lavender is calm for bedrooms, lilac brightens small rooms and aubergine is best in softly lit rooms.
Watch bright light. Heathered Nest notes that Sherwin-Williams Potentially Purple SW 6821 can wash out in bright natural light.

Purple Paint Colors FAQ

Is it free to try?+

You need a free account to generate. New accounts get 1 free render, and free renders carry a small watermark. After that, paid plans on the pricing page give you more renders without the watermark.

Do I need to sign up?+

Yes. Rendering requires an account so your credits and results can be saved. You can sign in with Google or a one-time code sent to your email.

What are good purple paint colors for a bedroom?+

Heathered Nest suggests Sherwin-Williams Silver Peony SW 6547, a warm lavender, for a bedroom, and Interior Company says lavender is a calm choice for bedrooms.

Does purple make a room look smaller?+

Interior Company says dark purple on every wall can feel enclosing, so it suggests starting with one wall.

What colors go with purple walls?+

Heathered Nest names white, yellow, gray, green, brown and black. Interior Company adds beige, cream, light wood and brass.

Why does my purple look blue?+

Heathered Nest says north-facing rooms make purple look bluer, and south-facing rooms make it lighter and redder.

Will the tool change anything besides the paint?+

It should not if you say so, but it is an AI edit, not a mask. Write that the trim, the ceiling, the furniture and the floor stay exactly the same, then compare the render with your photo. When we asked for one wall only, the first try painted another wall halfway, so check the edges.

Will the render match the real paint?+

No. The render shows a color idea, not a paint chip, and your light changes how a color looks. Purple shifts toward blue or red with the light. Paint a large sample and look at it at different times of day.

Related Color Visualizers

Bedroom paint colors – colors for a bedroom
Accent wall visualizer – one purple wall
Moody paint colors – plum and other deep colors
Pink paint colors – blush and dusty rose
Bathroom paint colors – colors for a bathroom
Paint colors for north-facing rooms – cool light

See a Purple on Your Own Walls

Upload one photo of your room and compare lavender, mauve and plum before you buy paint.

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