The Best Benjamin Moore Paint Colors for Your Home Office

Benjamin Moore offers an amazing variety of paints, paint colors, finishes and textures. To create your idea home office color scheme, you need a starting point. Here are some suggestions for using Benjamin Moore paints to create the environment you want for creativity and productivity.

For top-quality paint and a durable finish, Benjamin Moore's Regal paints are an excellent choice and widely available. They are available in a variety of finishes, and epaintstore.com has them for $28 to $38 per gallon, depending on the finish. If you are visiting the Benjamin Moore website, you can use the store finder to identify your local Benjamin Moore retailers. It's available on the Explore Color page mentioned below. You're likely to find several close by, including Ace Hardware locations, which also carry a variety of Benjamin Moore painting supplies and equipment.

Beyond Regal, you might want to consider Studio Finish paints, which will make your imagination go wild with all the effects that you can create. Tools on the Benjamin Moore website (which uses Flash technology extensively, they provide installation links if you don't have the Flash plugin) will help you understand more advanced uses of their paints, and even envision them in a room like the one you're creating.

Here are some color combinations you might want to consider for your home office space. Visit their Explore Color webpage to try them on a sample room right on your computer! All of these use a theme color from one of their collections, plus Blue Angel trim color, and Smokestack Gray accent color. In the sample room you'll see the doors, windows and trim set against the wall color for a variety of effects.

From the "Color Preview" collection, try Rose Quartz, a strong rose pink that combines with the trim and accent colors to provide a color scheme that looks like it might be found in the south of France. It adds energy to the room, with soothing accents, and is great for a room that gets morning light, or for a late-night worker who wants to stay alert and refreshed.

Benjamin Moore paint color Salmon Run is a lighter approach to the morning glow pink theme, and also goes well with the blue-gray accents. It is less energetic, and provides a more contemplative environment while still staying upbeat.

For a more neutral, midday effect, the Stuart Gold paint color from Benjamin Moore's collection keeps with the pastel tones of the trim and accent colors, also adding a more regal effect.

Chrome Green provides a strong, drawing room theme (from the old English "withdrawing room") to the room, which is lightened by the accent colors. A mahogany desk and banker's lamp would go well in this room, which exudes responsibility and serious thinking.

Hamilton Blue is a gray-blue which harmonizes well with the accent colors, and provides a New England seaside feeling in which one might find charts and a sextant as decorative items.

Charcoal Slate from Benjamin Moore's collection is a basic paint color, combining well with the blue-gray and pastel blue accents for a neutral, relaxing room which doesn't provide any specific emotional tone. You can leave the room that way, or add furniture and wall hanging accents to bring energy into the environment.

Finally, Classic Burgandy, a deep, grounding color is just the thing for a room that needs some "red" energy but in a serious environment.

Benjamin Moore paints allow the flexibility of color, finish and durability that allows you to create your own special workspace, rather than adapting to a limited palette. Check out their website to try these and other color combinations and inspire your imagination!

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