Puce Colors

Puce lightens into dusty rose brown and deepens toward muted plum brown. It appears in vintage upholstery, old tile, bedrooms, powder rooms, and historic palettes where pink needs earthiness.

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Ancient Granite

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Antique Lake

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Antique Spruce

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Clouded Vale

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Copper Shore

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Faded Tulip

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Hushed Vale

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Mellow Lagoon

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Muted Dusk

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Old Clay

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Puce

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Quiet Reed

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Radiant Lagoon

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Rustic Wren

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Scorched Sky

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Smoky Loch

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Smoky Star

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Soft Glacier

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Tender Petal

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Vintage Juniper

Using puce in your home

Puce is easiest when treated as a muted, rosy neutral. Use it in bedrooms, baths, dining rooms, or cabinetry with cream, mushroom, walnut, olive, or aged brass. North light can make it grayer. South light brings out the pink. Compare carefully beside existing tile and grout. Puce and Rustic Agate can look sophisticated beside stone, but muddy beside yellow beige carpet.

Frequently asked questions

What color is Puce?

Puce is a muted brownish pink purple. It is softer and dirtier than mauve.

Does Puce work in a small room?

Yes, especially with cream trim and warm lighting. Avoid pairing it with very gray whites.

Best Puce paint colors?

Sample Glidden Ashberry (LRV 61.4), Farrow & Ball Rangwali (LRV 52.9), or Behr Cabaret (LRV 55.5). Check adjacent stone.