Greens can be tricky, esp. in a bathroom where there is not always a lot of natural light. I once went thru 3 paint jobs trying to get the right green in a kitchen.
My current bathroom is a light minty green from the Martha line @ Lowe's -I just heard that it's been discontinued though. BUT then I read there is a new Martha paint color line @ the Home Despot. Her greens are always REALLY nice actually, soft and natural. I'd recommend checking them out, and go a little lighter than you think you want to, because once it's on the walls and all around you, it always seems darker and more intense then on the tiny paint chip.

Aloe by Sherwin-Williams, I have it my own home and just adore it.

It doesn't look like you have any natural light in your bath, and if that's the case, you might want to steer clear of a vibrant green-ey shade that would otherwise be beautiful in a room. I might be wrong, but something in my gut tells me to stay away from it.

While it doesn't look great in this photograph, you have to finish it and put in the accessories before you give up on the existing paint job.

If there's normally art or shelving or mirror on that blank wall area, then you have to see it again with the stuff in place.

Every room looks its worst during painting.

Look at the green's from the Viceroy Santa Monica and try to match it to that.
www.viceroysantamonica.com
Good luck with the reno.

I'd suggest you err on the buttery yellowish side of green in a bathroom. Helps prevent the radioactive vibe and doesn't make you look dead in the mirror. We've used Behr's 'Celery Sprig' in a retro bathroom; it was vibrant against white tile without looking like Mountain Dew.

The new place got 'Outback', but that might be more muted than you intend.

I totally get where you were trying to go as we have a "retro" bath (pink tile, gah). The problem is this shade of green will make you look sick every time you look in the mirror. If your heart is set on green I agree with a previous poster who suggested Aloe by SW. Spa greens/blues: BM1632, 1584, 1562, 1563. HTH. Good luck.

If you have a sample of something either from a magazine or actual item, take it and the remainder of your paint back to where you bought it. Depending on what needs to be done to it they MAY be able to recolor what you have left so you don't have to waste what you bought.

Yellows are just as difficult and I would highly recommend the little sample containers. We went through about 10 shades of yellow before getting the right one that we could agree on.

We just painted our bedroom a "retro" mint color and we went with Benjamin Moore's "mint chocolate chip". It is definitely not radioactive.

@ julie i got a great deal on Ralph Lauren paint earlier this year because i was told they are switching to martha... i guess Martha dumped Lowes for Home Depot (or Lowes dumped martha...) not sure which. Anyway martha might be available at Home Depot soon...

Try the samples if you can, its more important with big rooms but can also be helpful with small rooms. It may seem like a waste of money but assuming you liked it enough to get a sample its probably a color you like, you can always use it for some other small little project.

If you are going for a vibrant green I suggest using it as an accent color, not as the main color. Green on walls tends to make people look vile in the mirror and you won't enjoy using the room. Or maybe a green ceiling with white walls and black accents?

i agree with the celery green choice. i would probably be so scared of the color in the small space after that attempt i would go with a bright neutral and hang a colorful picture instead. good luck.

@ neutopian: I love "outback"! I'm going to paint my studio that color in a few weeks. Oooh, I love hoarding paint chips, especially the greens, and I think i have most of Behr's color names memorized, LOL. Is that bad? ;)

I just painted my bathroom also. I picked up the paint from Wal-Mart. It is called snow crystal it is a very calm green. I paired it with a white shower curtain. My husband painted the trim black it came out real nice.

Good luck Bella

I once used Palm Breeze by Behr in a bathroom in a previous home, and despite its name, it was not tropical or neon at all, but very much that retro-green color but subdued. It looked awesome with our white bead board trim. I really miss that bathroom! Behr also has really great-sized samples now, and they are only about 3 bucks each, so I suggest getting a few and trying them out first. Greens are tough! Good luck!

@RLG - I have the chips in front of me...those "greens" are the greys I'm thinking of for my bathroom! Do they look more green once they're on a wall?

I recommend choosing something more along the lines of celery with the black and white. Still very retro, but soothing.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one to be fooled while picking a green paint! I had to laugh when I saw that your bathroom sort of glows - that was the same thing that happened to me when I painted my bedroom a few years ago. I had a picture of a similar color in a bedroom that I matched the paint swatch to, but apparently that didn't work... I believe my blood pressure actually rose as soon as I entered the room. And the whole, "oh, don't worry, it will darken as it dries" thing was NOT the case - it got more intense and more neon green! A friend snapped a picture of me showing the room to my husband, and we now have that pic framed on a wall - his face was priceless, and we look like we're on a green screen. :)

I was going to recommend a celery green color too but it looks like it's already been done. Carolynapplebee's description of "Panacea" sounds really nice, too! Do you HAVE to do green at all? I agree that green might make people look bad in the mirror.

Find a color you like, and then pick something several shades lighter. Remember that it's going to be much more intense when it's covering a whole wall than it is on a tiny paint chip.

I'm in the process of deciding on greens for a bedroom and home office remodel. I am usually pretty good at picking paint colors and rarely have to re-paint. What I find is super effective is to put every paint chip you are considering on the wall with tape - look at it VERY frequently. The light constantly changes the color throughout the day. Then look at it at night with the lights on and off in the room. Each time you look you'll probably notice that one of the colors really doesn't seem right to you. You just put a little x on that one to note that you think it's out. Once you're sure a color is not going to work, pull it off the wall. After about a few days you'll probably have narrowed it down to the last couple of candidates. That's when you can ask other people their opinion. Have a friend/spouse/neighbor look and tell you which they like better. Don't decide for sure for a week. I guarantee you'll find the perfect shade. And when you get paint chips get them from a bunch of different places - go to a place like home depot and get all the greens that look like a possibility in all the different manufactured paints. But also do a run to a place like Sherwin Williams, or Dunn Edwards or Frazee. All of those companies have slightly different shades in their chips. If you love Dunn Edwards paint (my personal favorite, with Martha Stewarts paint running a close second), but like the color of a Behr chip - they will match it for you.

i had a hard time picking a green for accent walls in my place. i just bought 3 different sample jars of paint from home depot & lowes at about $2-$3 a piece. i painted samples on a couple of different walls and looked at them at different times of day (lighting). it really helped me find the perfect shade. i'll never not buy a sample first from now on (time willing)!

my sister used pratt & lambert #22-32 "aery" at 50% in her bathroom and it looks great! her bathroom has one small frosted window and doesn't get much light. the color is a very, very light minty green- not too blue and not too yellow. i find that in a small dark space, a small amount of color will look very saturated. you need something really, really light.