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Emma Breislin

5 Cozy Paint Colors Interior Designers Use to Warm Up Cool Rooms and Create "Snug" Spaces

Olive green bedroom with shiplap walls.

Is there such thing as cozy paint colors? Shades that instantly soothe and warm a space; inviting you in and making you feel snug. Apparently so, or at least according to Amy Krane, an architectural color consultant and host of the popular podcast, Let's Talk (Paint) Color.

"Cozy is associated with colors that are, at least, mid-toned, if not dark," she explains. "It is usually associated with warm colors. They begin with red, yellow and orange, but include all tones, shades and tints in between. Think coral, mustard, tan, brown, taupe... all the earth tones in fact."

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