Pumpkin Pie
What Pumpkin Pie Actually Looks Like
Pumpkin Pie is a saturated, mid-depth orange that reads as the color it is named for: warm, spiced, and genuinely bold. It sits between a bright tangerine and a burnt sienna, landing in territory that feels energetic without tipping into neon. On a large wall it commands the room. On a single accent wall or in a smaller space it creates a cocooning warmth that makes the room feel intentional and alive.
Pumpkin Pie Undertones
The color carries red and yellow in roughly equal measure, which keeps it from reading as a flat, one-note orange. In warm incandescent or candlelight it deepens toward a terra cotta or spice tone. In cooler daylight, especially north-facing rooms, those red undertones become more apparent and the color can look earthier and less bright than it does on the chip. It is not a color that surprises you with a hidden gray or green, but the balance between its red and yellow base does shift noticeably depending on your light source.
Where Pumpkin Pie Works Best
Pumpkin Pie is an interior-only color. It suits spaces where you want warmth and presence: a dining room where the color wraps around a candlelit table, a home office that benefits from an energizing backdrop, an entryway that makes an immediate impression, or a kitchen used as an accent on a single wall or island. It also works well in rooms with limited natural light, where a lighter neutral would feel cold or washed out. This is not a whole-house color. Treat it as a destination: one room, one bold move.
Where to put Pumpkin Pie
A dining room is arguably the best home for Pumpkin Pie. Artificial light at dinner time deepens the color into something rich and enveloping, and the warmth it adds to faces and food makes the space feel genuinely inviting. Keep the trim crisp and light so the color reads as a deliberate choice rather than visual clutter.
An entryway gives you the impact of a bold color without the commitment of living with it all day. Pumpkin Pie on entry walls sets an energetic tone from the moment you walk in. Keep the space tidy because a dark, saturated color in a small foyer will amplify any visual noise.
If you find neutral offices draining, Pumpkin Pie offers real energy. It works best in an office that gets warm or southern light. In a north-facing office with little daylight it can feel heavy, so balance it with plenty of artificial warm-white lighting and lighter furniture.
Rather than painting an entire kitchen, use Pumpkin Pie on an island or a single wall behind open shelving. It pairs naturally with wood cabinetry and stainless or bronze hardware, and the warmth it adds to a cooking space feels appropriate rather than forced.
What to Pair With Pumpkin Pie
No coordinating colors are listed in our database for this color. Generally, Pumpkin Pie pairs well with off-whites that have a creamy or warm bias, deep navy or charcoal blues that provide high contrast without fighting the warmth, and natural materials like wood, rattan, and leather that share its earthy base.
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Colors that clash with Pumpkin Pie
If an adjacent room is painted in a cool gray or blue-gray, the transition into Pumpkin Pie can feel jarring rather than curated. The contrast between a cool neutral and a warm, saturated orange is significant.
Pink or rosy undertones in flooring, rugs, or upholstery can fight with the red base in Pumpkin Pie, pulling the room toward an unintended coral or peachy feeling.
A stark, cool bright white trim will read as slightly bluish next to Pumpkin Pie and creates a cold edge that undercuts the warmth the color is meant to deliver.
Common questions
The precise LRV is 26.22, which puts it in the medium-dark range. It will absorb a meaningful amount of light, so rooms with limited windows will feel noticeably darker with this color on the walls.
No. Benjamin Moore lists Pumpkin Pie 2167-20 as an interior color only.
An eggshell finish is a solid choice for most walls. It gives the color some depth without creating a flat, chalky look, and it is easier to clean than matte. In a dining room where you want a slightly richer, more reflective quality, a satin finish works well.
Yes, noticeably. North-facing rooms receive cool, indirect daylight, which will push the red undertones in this color forward and make the overall tone feel earthier and less bright than it appears on the chip or in a south-facing room. Add warm artificial lighting to compensate.
Most saturated mid-tone oranges require two full coats for even coverage, and priming with a tinted primer in a warm or orange-adjacent tone will reduce streaking and help you achieve consistent depth with fewer coats.