Best Deep Red Paint Colors

Today we’re rounding up all of the deep red paint colors we considered for our recent primary bedroom refresh!

If you haven’t checked out the big reveal of our primary bedroom refresh, we urge you to check it out prior to diving in to this roundup! For the freshened space, we wanted to keep the wall color on the darker side of the spectrum to maintain the moody vibes that we’d come to love.

We started with swatches of all nine of the colors below, and used our tried and true method of painting them onto foam boards, then moving those boards around the room throughout the day. As the light shifted, some revealed themselves to be too brown. Others were too maroon. When it came down to it, the finalists were Bewitched by Benjamin Moor and Dark Auburn by Sherwin Williams. In the end, Bewitched eeked out the win. We’ve been seeing a lot more deep reds in our feeds lately! Have you used or considered any of these shades? if not, any others we should consider for next time?

1. benjamin moore bewitched (the winner!) | 2. sherwin williams dark auburn | 3. sherwin williams polished mahogany | 4. sherwin williams cordovan | 5. benjamin moore raphael | 6. valspar royal garnet | 7. benjamin moore arroyo red | 8. valspar heirloom red | 9. farrow + ball deep reddish brown

P.S – Looking for more paint inspo? Here’s how to choose the best off-white, how to paint furniture, how to paint a door and how to paint everything else!