Dark Green Paint Colors

Dark Green Paint Colors, Tried on a Photo of Your Room

Forest, hunter, emerald or olive: upload a photo of your living room, bedroom or dining room, name the green, and see it on your walls before you buy paint.

Free account required. New accounts get 1 free render (watermarked), then paid plans.

Try it on your own photo

Upload a photo of your room with the lights on. Name the color and say that only the walls change and the trim, ceiling, furniture and floor stay exactly the same.

Open the full paint tool in Custom mode

Dark Green Walls, Before and After

AI-generated sample edits of three rooms. The before photos are AI-drawn stand-in rooms, not photos of real homes; the camera angle and light stay the same and only the walls should change. None of the three was rerun; the captions name what the model changed besides the paint and where the color came out different from what we asked for. The samples were made with an image model and settings (4 processing steps) that may differ from the live paint tool, so your own render may look different. A render shows a color idea, not real paint.

Living room with warm beige walls, a white chair rail and trim, a cognac leather sofa, a brass floor lamp, a wood coffee table and a large window, before — Beige to deep forest green above and below the chair rail. The white chair rail, baseboards and window trim stayed white. The cognac leather sofa, the brass lamp and the coffee table look the same.

The same living room with the walls painted deep forest green, with the white trim, sofa, lamp, table and window kept — Beige to deep forest green above and below the chair rail. The white chair rail, baseboards and window trim stayed white. The cognac leather sofa, the brass lamp and the coffee table look the same.

Bedroom with plain white walls, a wood bed with white bedding, two wood nightstands with lamps and a jute rug, before — White to a dark, muted hunter green. The ceiling stayed white. The wood bed, the nightstands, the lamps and the jute rug look the same.

The same bedroom with the walls painted dark green, with the bed, bedding, nightstands, lamps and rug kept — White to a dark, muted hunter green. The ceiling stayed white. The wood bed, the nightstands, the lamps and the jute rug look the same.

Dining room with light gray walls above white wainscoting, a dark wood table with chairs, a brass chandelier and a framed landscape painting, before — Light gray to deep emerald above the white wainscoting. The wainscoting, the table and chairs, the chandelier and the painting look the same.

The same dining room with the wall above the wainscoting painted deep emerald green, with the wainscoting, table, chairs, chandelier and painting kept — Light gray to deep emerald above the white wainscoting. The wainscoting, the table and chairs, the chandelier and the painting look the same.

How to Preview a Dark Green on Your Walls

Photograph the room in daylight. Dark greens change a lot with light, so take the photo in the light you use the room in most and include the trim and some furniture.
Open the paint tool in Custom mode. Upload the photo and describe the change in one sentence: “Paint only the walls a deep forest green. Keep the trim, the ceiling, the furniture and the floor exactly the same.” For a room with wainscoting, say “paint only the wall above the wainscoting”.
Compare a lighter and a darker green. Render an olive-leaning green and a near-black green and compare them. Then paint a large sample and look at it in the morning and the evening.

For a whole room in one color, see color drenching ideas. For a lighter green, see sage green kitchen cabinets, and for dim rooms, see paint colors for north-facing rooms.

Dark Greens to Try

Studio Green No. 93

Welsh Design Studio lists Farrow & Ball Studio Green No. 93 with an LRV of 6. It says it looks almost black in dim light, shows its green in rooms with more light and may overwhelm a small space.

Essex Green HC-188

Welsh Design Studio lists Benjamin Moore Essex Green HC-188 with an LRV of 6.16 for accent walls, kitchen islands and doors, and pairs it with Cloud White OC-130.

Pewter Green SW 6208

Welsh Design Studio lists Sherwin-Williams Pewter Green SW 6208 with an LRV of 12 and pairs it with Shoji White SW 7042 and warm wood. Designer Liz Goldberg, quoted by Livingetc, says it changes between day and night.

Tate Olive HC-112

Welsh Design Studio calls Benjamin Moore Tate Olive HC-112 (LRV 19.1) the lightest dark green in its list and suggests it for low-light rooms, with Simply White OC-117.

Dark Olive 2140-30

Livingetc reports that designer Kate Marker used Benjamin Moore Dark Olive 2140-30 in her own kitchen.

Green that shifts

Designer Courtney Madden, quoted by Chairish, says Sherwin-Williams Evergreen Fog can look gray, blue or green depending on the light.

Before You Paint a Room Dark Green

Match the LRV to the light. Welsh Design Studio suggests a higher LRV for dim rooms and a lower LRV for bright rooms.
Check which way the room faces. Rawlins Paints says north-facing rooms make greens look cooler and south-facing rooms make them warmer.
Pick the white for the trim. Welsh Design Studio pairs its greens with whites such as Simply White OC-117, Cloud White OC-130 or Shoji White SW 7042.
Think about sheen. Rawlins Paints suggests matt for bedrooms and ceilings and eggshell for hallways and living rooms; designer Courtney Coleman, quoted by Chairish, likes matte green walls with high-gloss white accents.
Test a big sample. Look at it in the morning and the evening before you paint the whole room.

Dark Green Paint Colors FAQ

Is it free to try?+

You need a free account to generate. New accounts get 1 free render, and free renders carry a small watermark. After that, paid plans on the pricing page give you more renders without the watermark.

Do I need to sign up?+

Yes. Rendering requires an account so your credits and results can be saved. You can sign in with Google or a one-time code sent to your email.

What are popular dark green paint colors?+

Welsh Design Studio lists Farrow & Ball Studio Green No. 93, Benjamin Moore Essex Green HC-188, Sherwin-Williams Pewter Green SW 6208 and Benjamin Moore Tate Olive HC-112.

Will dark green look black?+

It can. Welsh Design Studio says Studio Green looks almost black in dim light and only shows its green in rooms with more light.

What trim color goes with dark green?+

Welsh Design Studio pairs each green with a white, such as Simply White OC-117, Cloud White OC-130 or Shoji White SW 7042.

Does dark green work in a dim room?+

Welsh Design Studio suggests a lighter dark green with a higher LRV, such as Tate Olive HC-112, for low-light rooms.

Will the tool change anything besides the paint?+

It should not if you say so, but it is an AI edit, not a mask. Write that the trim, the ceiling, the furniture and the floor stay exactly the same, then compare the render with your photo. In our first bedroom try the green came out brighter than the hunter green we asked for; describing it as dark and muted, not bright, got closer.

Will the render match the real paint?+

No. The render shows a color idea, not a paint chip, and your light changes how a color looks. Dark greens can look almost black in dim light. Paint a large sample and look at it at different times of day.

Related Color Visualizers

Moody paint colors – other deep colors
Color drenching ideas – one color on everything
Sage green kitchen cabinets – a softer green
Earthy paint colors – olive, clay and terracotta
Dining room paint colors – a common room for dark green
Accent wall visualizer – green on one wall
Olive green paint colors – muted earthy greens

See a Dark Green on Your Own Walls

Upload one photo of your room and compare a few dark greens before you buy paint.

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