Entryway Colour Ideas & Inspiration

An off-white entryway with staircase and wooden bench is airy and light.

When choosing colours for your entryway, think about how you want to greet your guests–and how you would like to be greeted too.

Whether with a warm neutral or a deeper hue, your entryway’s paint colour immediately sets a mood. On the practical side, entryways are high traffic areas, so a highly washable and durable product, like Regal® Select Interior, is ideal.

A front door opens into a pale green entryway featuring a console table and two colourful side chairs.

An Elegant Welcome

The entryway is a transitional space that family and guests spend only a brief amount of time in, so opting for soft, welcoming neutrals is always a popular choice. Lighter colour paint on walls keeps the entryway area open and airy. Neutrals also offer seamless colour flow into surrounding rooms.

You can add liveliness to neutral colours by mixing and matching several choices on wainscotting, trim and walls. If space allows, consider an accent piece like a small table or colourful chairs to layer in details that are both practical and pretty.

A deep red entryway does double duty as mud room with several pairs of boots lined up next to an upholstered bench.

Big, Bold & Sensible

Using bold colours makes for a strong and memorable first impression that often reflects the personality of those who live there. Darker hues also highlight architectural detail and help add definition to smaller spaces. Make sure you view the entryway from multiple angles to ensure the chosen colour will complement connected rooms.

Darker colours can also provide a dose of practicality as they hide dirt better than lighter shades, making them great for grand entrances and small mud rooms alike. Along with a stroke of drama, darker hues meet the challenge of messy dogs and running kids head on.

The back of your front door is yet another option for deeper colour in your entryway. Watch our how-to video for tips on painting an interior door.

An entryway to a home with white-painted walls features an open black-painted door and a red, metal chair.

Let There Be Light

Because of dramatically changing lighting in your entryway, from sunshine to artificial light, testing paint colours before you buy is essential. Check out your paint colour selections with the door open, partially open, and fully closed during both day and night. Order paint colour samples online, or pick up them up in store at your local Benjamin Moore retailer. Learn more about how paint samples can help you select paint colour with confidence.

Design-wise, look to fresh greenery, desert climes, urban steel—whatever is just beyond your front door as inspiration for choosing paint colour for your entryway.

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