Periwinkle Colors

Clients often choose Periwinkle when blue feels too plain and lavender feels too sweet. It is a pale blue purple family, from misty Faded Flint to stronger Medium Purple, seen in bedrooms, kids rooms, textiles, painted furniture, and baths.

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Bluebell

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Coastal Cedar

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Coastal Leaf

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Crisp Dune

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Dazzling Linen

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Deep Star

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Frosty Plume

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Laser Meadow

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Lunar Jade

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Lunar Lark

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Marine Ash

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Medium Purple

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Medium Slate Blue

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Midnight Loch

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Nordic Lichen

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Periwinkle

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Polar Prairie

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Punchy Hollow

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Sheer Elm

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Sheer Linen

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Silent Horizon

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Still Dusk

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Storm Horizon

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Wild Spruce

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Using periwinkle in your home

Periwinkle needs careful neighbors because it can swing blue or violet. Use it in bedrooms, guest rooms, baths, nurseries, or furniture with warm white, cream, pale oak, muted navy, or soft green. North light pulls it cooler and more lavender. South light makes the blue side friendlier. Balance the sweetness. Too much white furniture can make periwinkle feel juvenile.

Frequently asked questions

Is Periwinkle blue or purple?

Periwinkle is both, usually a blue with a violet undertone. The light and nearby whites decide how purple it reads.

Does Periwinkle look dated?

It can look dated with matching bedding and ornate white furniture. Cleaner trim, natural wood, and fewer themed pieces make it usable now.

Best Periwinkle paint colors?

Try Glidden Grape Arbor (LRV 62), Benjamin Moore Blue Orchid (LRV 50.09), or Behr Air Castle (LRV 83.1).