Good Questions: Seeking a Neutral Green?

This question from Deanna is perfect for helping us to kick-off our Fall Colors Contest: I'm going for the somewhat risky color palette of teal, wheat and green. Can you recommend a more neutral shade of green that will play up my teal loveseat, but not offend my wheat couch? I was going for Guilford Green by Benjamin Moore (left), but now I'm wondering if its too yellow?

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It looks very beige too us...with a hint of green. Anyone else?

Comments (15)

I'd get some little tester pots of paint and put some up on your walls - colors can vary depending on the light, time of fay, other colors around them - even reflections of bright colors on houses across the street.

We just painted our foyer in Soft Fern (BM 2144-40) and it works well with wheat (another color in the room). I do think it would well with teal, too. Good luck!

I'm about to paint my living room in BenjMoore "Golden Delicious," which is looks golden/green/lemongrass in full sun, a slightly green khaki/tan otherwise. I am shooting for something organic, warm and a little energizing, and have a sofa with teal fabric streaked through with browns and golden-green. If you want something more soft and mellow, it's not necessarily for you.

It's a little tough to not be able to see the exact teal and wheat colors you're trying to work with, but the color you've shown makes me think you should go with a cooler color instead...something in the pale teal or even into the blue world. If your loveseat is a dark teal, it'll work well with a robin's egg blue/green (or something in that world), and the warm wheat color will be showcased well against it. I worry that you're just going to get muddy and almost-but-not-quite-matchy with the color you've chosen. Or, if the bluer colors don't work with your teal, maybe a paler option would work. What about the Behr colors "Bubble" or "Window Pane"? Again, would be easier if we could see the other colors you're working with.

Get a sample and put it on the the walls in different areas. In fact, get several and live with them in different light (natural, lamplit, etc) for a week or so.

I got what I thought was the perfect neutral BjM offwhite -- as it turned out, it looked like a pale pale pale celedon green in my space against the particuar shade of white trim and my walnut stained furnishings.

Guilford Green is on my living room walls (which I'm surrounded by right now) and that colorchip is way beige. Guilford Green is much more green than that. it looks great with my furniture and my roommate's. i think you should go for it.

PS -- the white that looks like a pale celedon might work GREAT with your wheat and teal. The color is called Acadia White. And it was promoted by Pottery Barn last month.

http://www.potterybarn.com/stylehouse/colors/benmoore31/index.cfm?cm_type=snav

I used BenMoore "Golden Delicious" in my lake house living room and it was amazing. One of my favorite colors. Not sure how it would work with teal, but it is a great color!

benjamin moore "dark linen"

strangely, I just bought Pale Lichen from Behr at Home Depot. It might be lighter than your color, but can't really tell on computer monitors anyway

elisabethlaw -- thanks for the thumbs up on Golden Delicious! We've been debating this for months, with the current count of SEVEN swatches on our walls, and I'm SO ready to pull the trigger. Hearing your endorsement helps. Tomorrow may be the day!

I've used the combination of teal green, wheat and burgandy (suggested to me by a scarf that I own). I absolutely love it!

I just solved a neutral green problem with Ralph Lauren's Urban Loft Khaki. It's a little heftier (more saturated and a bit darker) than the Guilford Green, and might stand up better to the wheat. From what I can tell without seeing all your colors, the UL Khaki wouldn't mush together visually with a wheat tone.