Paint Color

We moved into our new house in April and I chose what sounds like a similar color for our master bedroom. The painter called me into the room as soon as he had about 1/2 a wall done to ask me if the color was right. It was. My husband (who had nothing to do with the color choice) was kind of surprised by the color as well. It is a beautiful spring green - very bright. When the drapes went up and the furniture was moved into the room and pictures went up on the walls the color seemed much more muted. I was happy with the color with nothing in the room but my husband liked it when the furniture and fabrics came into the room - not so much when the room was empty. So, if you can put your stuff back into the room and see if that kind of softens the paint color, I would suggest doing so.
Good luck!

I have learned the hard way that your first impression is the one that lasts. Don't force yourself to get used to it.

If you're looking for a subtle green (and I love green) I'll recommend one from BM called "Greenmount Silk". Very pale and soothing, and lovely alternative to beige.

Good luck!

p.s. Not sure how the above color will work against your dining room colors, but. . .

How about doing one wall another color.. something like a dark beige or sand color... taupe.. maybe it will tone the green down a little. Also when hanging pictures... go with dark color frames.. this will tone it down too. good luck

if it's not the color you expected, check their paint against your color numbers and color swatch and be sure they don't have the wrong hue...

Hi L.,

The best way to choose a paint color is to sample it. Its impossible to tell if a color works until you see it in the room and on the wall. A paint chip is usually not sufficient. You need to put some on the wall and live with for a few days. Unfortunaley, not every Benjamin Moore color is available in a sample sample bottle, but it's a good start. If you find a color that you think you like, buy just a quart and paint a sample in several places in the room. Its still a bit of an investment, but far les than painting an entire room and deciding you hate it! You will be amazed at how dratically a color can change in different areas of the room depending on natural light, overhead lighting and shadows, furniture. Just because you don't like the look of the color you chose, don't be afraid to use color and think the best choice is beige (although, in some cases it is). I'm a bit concerned that the classic red against the green may look a bit "Christmas-y". I versatile color that I love and have used in several rooms in my home (and it looks different in every room) is Silver Sage. It is actually a color developed by Restoration Hardware (check out there website and you will see it everywhere.) Benjamin Moore can match any color you bring them. Furniture and fabrics will also play a role in wall color choice. Look through some decorateing magazines and even catalogs to get inspiration for the look youare tying to achieve. Try to avoid picking a random color because it looks good on a color strip. You have to look at the room as a whole if you want it to have a cohesive look.Hope that helps!
Good luck!
K.

well i wont be any help but in our first house, i wanted color. so the dining room was a burgandy red. the living room cappacino like brown with a dark coffee brown accent wall. office a dark green. our room a taupe (that came out looking more purply rose). we tried 5 different paints for the kitchen since i really wanted a yellow.

well, for the kitchen, we finally settled on navajo white(in the bathrooms too). the family room was always an offwhite that was in the green family, but def just a cream. as for all the other colors, i ended up hating them. they were too dark, and since they were so dramatic, i just got sick of them fast. honestly, we spent so much time looking for those colors, and matching carpets, ect. but in the end, we got bored.

now im not saying its true in your case, but sometimes the thought of bright colors is nice, but after a year, it can get old. we just moved to a brand new house which is painted navajo white. well, our bathrooms have been painted a different off white. the kids rooms will be pink and purple. as for the rest of the house, we def arent going to do dramatics colors again and are in no rush to get started.

anyway just wanted to share my color issues from the past, good luck!!!

L.,

I have 2 beautiful shades of green in my house, very soothing...one is Acadia Green it's in the Benjamin Moore Preview Collection, the other is Kittery Point Green...softer than the other Found in the classic colors....You may also be able to find the shade of green you want in nature, on a piece of clothing you like etc. and bring it to the paint store and have it matched....
Hope these 2 colors at least will maybe get you in the ball park of where you want to be...It is a big deal and get the house the way you want it because with twins you need it to be soothing...A year ago I had to come up with colors for 5 rooms when we moved to a new house...it was overwhelming....You might also think about doing an accent wall in the color you like than it's not as big a committment, if you really like it after awhile paint the other 3 walls....forget what others say it's what you have to live with and love...Forget too about "well when you sell it all has to be neutral" worry about that when and if you sell....I have a bright green room and my daughter has an bright aqua room and we'll deal with neutralizing them when and if we sell...
Good luck...Check out websites like www.HGTV.com and see what they say about color choice....

Hi L.,
We've been picking a paint color for our kitchen recently, so I have the Benjamin Moore color wheel next to me and I found your color "potpourri green". It looks like a really nice color green, but I can see how it could be a little bright when on an entire wall. Still though, it looks like a great color...definitely not tacky. I'd give it some more time and see how you feel about it. That's the good thing about paint...you can always paint it over. Good luck with the rest of the house painting! L.

I am not familiar with this exact color, but I can tell you my experience. We updated our kitchen and I really wanted it to be painted green, and hubby did not, but I won and I spent a lot of time carefully choosing Sherwin Williams "Cucumber". Let's say the paint chip looked like a medium sage green, and matched the green leaves on a sofa I had in the kitchen (cream with a rosy floral, green leaves, a touch of lavender). Well, with the first giant swipe of the roller I thought uh-oh, but continued on and thought I'd get used to it. The paint's expensive, and I had bought 2 gallons and I didn't want to lose most of the money by returning it. Well, the color was like a honeydew melon(!), and although it looked OK, it wasn't what I had been going for, I didn't love it, and my husband always hated it. I never repainted and we ended up moving a few years later. My advice would be to stick with a green if that's what you want, but repaint now. Get a few sample cans and swipe them on the wall to find a color you like better. I wish I had done that myself. Don't be afraid to use color though, it can definitely be fun!

PS, if you'd like to see what it looked like, I do have a photo I could Email you, just send a personal email to mine at ____@____.com

Sounds like my bedroom. I am not crazy about it but since
my bedroom is upstairs, we let it be and went with it.
Bright bedding, white picture frames, summery stuff. Don't think I would like it in a hallway. Next time, you
should get a sample and try it first. Good luck.

I have no idea about the green in question, but can report on a similar yellow experience. The same thing happened to us: The paint looked great on that tiny chip until we got it onto the walls of our entryway. Then it was just like standing on the inside of a lemon. Horrible. It never, never grew on us no matter how hard we tried. So go with your gut: If it bugs you now, it will bug you later. Paint it over.

I haven't had to decorate a whole house but when I helped my parents paint they had the approach of pick a paint chip you like and go 2 shades lighter for the room. On the one hand they had some rooms that were a little too subtle for my taste. But it looked better having overwhelmingly dark colors. My aunt did this--she has a house with small rooms and her living room had a dark red accent wall. She seems happy but I think it is unpleasant looking.

I don't know what the color you have looks like but you could try repainting or painiting a sample with a lighter shade of the same color and keeping the darker as an accent in some places (also it would emiminate the worry of the current color showing through). Alternately you could try a lighter or more muted green for the dining room since it has darker furniture colors. I would definitley try samples first if you can. I think HG TV has a couple of shows about using color well. Maybe you can find some ideas on their web site.

A friend recently painted her kitchen and entryway what seems to be the same color you are describing. The kitchen floor is black and white tile and I am totally in love with the room. The entryway is black tile. The only major problem is it's hard to match other surrounding rooms to that color. I think you will get used to it and have some fun decorating around it. Enjoy! Sometimes you have to be daring by accident - but it's always good to tap into that adventurous side.