The invention discloses a coating containing tea dust and tea polyphenol. The coating is composed of water, waterborne emulsion, titanium dioxide, a mildew preventive, a dispersing agent, a deforming agent, a pH regulator, a coalescing agent, a thickening agent, the tea dust and the tea polyphenol. Preferably, the coating is composed of 20-45% of water, 20-50% of waterborne emulsion, 10-25% of titanium dioxide, 1-5% of tea dust, 1-5% of tea polyphenol, 0.1-0.5% of deforming agent, 0.2-0.6% of dispersing agent, 0.1-0.4% of pH regulator, 0-3% of coalescing agent, 0-2% of thickening agent and 0-0.1% of mildew preventive. The tea dust and the tea polyphenol are added into the coating, so that the waste tea dust is reused on the one hand, and environment pollution can be prevented on the other hand; the coating prepared by the invention not only can be used for killing bacteria of the coating and bacteria generated in the preparation process, but also can be used for inhibiting and killing indoor bacteria when being applied to indoor decoration; and in addition, the coating can also be used for removing formaldehyde in wood and indoor formaldehyde so as to play a role of purifying air.