18 Bathroom Paint Colours - Ideas & Inspiration

Whether you want a spa-like sanctuary in your master bath or a colourful powder room to wow your guests, transforming your bathroom is easy with the powerful combination of the right colour and premium paint.

Get inspired by our expertly curated bathroom paint colours, and find the perfect colour combinations for bathrooms throughout your home.

Bathroom painted in Chantilly Lace featuring a wooden bathtub, white sink, gray robes and striped rug.

Best Colours For Bathroom

Sophisticated off-white paint colours are always a great choice. Favourites include Chantilly Lace OC-65 and Ballet White OC-9.

Soft pinks and blush hues such as First Light 2102-70 from the Colour Trends 2020 palette and Cream Puff 2174-70, are popular alternatives to off-whites.

Greens can be incredibly soothing in a bathroom, bringing the refreshing tones of outside, in. Use becoming hues in your bathroom like Van Alen Green HC-120.

Blues promotes a sense of tranquility in any space. We love November Skies 2128-50, a soothing silvery blue that always looks fresh and crisp.

Keeping a similar undertone from room to room creates a soothing vibe. Choose paint colours for your bathroom that have the same cool or warm undertone of adjoining rooms from a seamless visual flow.

Always test your colour options as lighting impacts how paint colours reads.

Best Colours for Bathrooms

Explore some of our colour and design experts' favourite paint colours for bathroom walls.

Elegant, earthy bathroom retreat with geometric tile

Master Bathroom Paint Colour Ideas

An area where 'me time' takes top priority, the master bathroom is the most personal space in your home. Create a spa-like mood with paint colours that nurtures rest and relaxation. Calming hues include soft grays like Metropolitan AF-690, our Colour of the Year 2019, and soft pastels like Palladian Blue HC-144, Italian Ice Green 2035-70 and Gray Cloud 2126-60.

A bold pink painted bathroom with a potted plant and arched window.

Small Bathroom, Big Look

A modestly-sized space offers an invitation to play with colour, and small bathrooms are no different. Saturated colours pop in small places, as seen here with Old Claret 2083-30. Deeper, richer colours, combined with the right lighting can bring outsized ambience to a small space.

Have fun: Try painting the ceiling an unexpected colour such as Fruit Shake 2088-60 or Windmill Wings 2067-60. Consider painting inset towel shelving or other bathroom accents with Black Ink 2127-20 or Deep Space 2125-20—two dark hues that provide a striking contrast against white or off-white tile and walls.

Black bathroom walls with white vanity and moroccan rug.

The Soft, Fresh Feeling of Matte Walls

Good news! A gloss or semi-gloss paint finish isn’t your only option when it comes to avoiding the unsightly effects of bathroom humidity. The matte finish of AURA^® Bath & Spa also provides exceptional durability, colour retention and mildew resistance in high-humidity environments. A matte finish delivers a sense of softness to bathrooms where hard surfaces like tile, mirrors, and metal fixtures abound.

Committed to higher sheens in the bathroom? Keep in mind that a paint with a higher finish or sheen may create an overabundance of shine, especially when combined with typical bathroom surfaces.

Once you find the perfect colour, try painting your bathroom cabinets to give your space an instant update.