How To Pick the Right Green Paint

april818 I LOVE the mint green!! It has a retro feel about it.

Ginger Pugliese what about for businesses? still stick with the true or blue-greens?

Danielle Love the lemongrass and spearmint!

careylkelly Oh my goodness, this couldn't have come at a better time! I just painted two rooms green, then hated it. It is because it was too yellow. So now we are going back and changing it to a more sage green color! It will be much better with the rich hardwood floors, and stone wainscot.

bellefonte I am determined to have a green living room but have been struggling to find the right green, it's not so easy! Thanks for these suggestions!

Noo-Noo Stanley Do you take questions? Just in case ... Repainting my cabin on an island - getting sick of the forest green and am considering the sage green in this article. There is a LOT of light in the room facing south and also windows on the east and west sides. What do you think? Can't make a mistake as it costs a fortune to bring a painter in from the mainland. Any other suggestions appreciated.

Pangaea Interior Design, Portland, OR Nice Ideabook! I'm a yellow-green lover myself. I have acid green accent walls in a contemporary home and I did paint the others gray. I love that lemon grass too. Really pretty!

embracegrace what about spa green? i'm trying to decide on a master bath color.

gwen mckay love the green in the second photo. and am in love with sage so timeless warm and country

Evan If I had to pick one color for everything, it would have to be green. surf green, avocado, chartreuse, seafoam, mint... so many good ones. I like all of those, not quite sure about the lime...

marticialancaster The yellow green, though i tough it was mustard is amazing, i think im going to suggest this to my parents. Can you imagine a residential condominium with walls painted with this color. This would be great and unique. I love the "Line Green" makes the room look cozy and bright.

mapasia What would be the best color for my new room since we will be having relay-out in the office. That would be a 14 sq meter in size without window. I'm planning touch of pink or old rose. Any suggestion?

iansmom Our house is mostly shades of greens and reds. Not Christmas-y though. We did a very pale green in our living room, and it works great with the dark woods and brown and red accents. Our downstairs bath is a more yellow/green and it looks wonderful with our vintage black and white tile.

Kelly Porter Thanks for all of your comments, everyone! I think the key to choosing green (and many other colors) is to decide the mood you want for your space. If you want a warm feel, go for the yellow greens and sage greens. For a more cool feel, pick a blue green or mint green.

Then decide if you want the color to be...as I say...'Sassy' (vibrant and vivid) or 'Shy' (muted and subtle). This will help you to narrow down the colors until you find the best one.

Beth My husband would call the second photo "baby diaper green:"

Libby Wilkie at aneyefordetail Loving that "Nervy Hue"...and what a great name!

jackcynredesign My living room is painted a variation of the sage green - it was actually called "Jodhpurs" by Calvin Klein. I have never tired of it - it is a great new neutral...... I can't deal with large swaths of apple/ bright green - I made that mistake back in high school - I painted my room a bright green - it was so electric I didn't need my lamps.... It just glowed..... I learned the hard way...

wordings I wonder if the disquieting feel of "acid" greens has to do with them reminding us of actual acid, or other toxic substances? Hmm. I have been on a green paint quest, and have decided on Ben Moore's "Vale Mist" for the dining room. I'll post a photo when it's done. It is very much on the sage side of green, and seems neither too light nor too dark. I was glad to hear it works with browns as we've got dark brown moldings and window trim. If I were not thinking about resale in a few years, I might have gone with BM's "Georgian Green"--richer and what I would call "mossy." It seems to emanate a historical feels to me. Wow, I think I might talk myself into Georgian Green after all! Anyway, thanks for the idea book.

lokiloki2008 Apple Green - that is my current fave - contrasting with brown/ grey. And no wonder - I live in the country surrounded by green fields and dark soil!

plantglory The lime green photo is a wonderful idea for a children's space... this pic actually looks like the entrance to a school I once worked in... "GOOD morning and BE Alive!!!" written all over it. : )

volhad Shagreen by Sherwin Williams looks much darker than on this picture

beachy When I tried some sage green colors for my bedroom, they just did not look right. I ended up mixing two different so-called sage colors and finally got what I wanted!

Maureen Randall The mint green would be my favorite as well! I have a khaki green in my family/dining room. It changes colors constantly. At night it changes into a deep olive green and I don't really care for this color too much. Other than that, its cool!