10 Designer-Approved Blue-Green Paint Colors You’ll Want to Try ASAP
This fresh, bold hue is a pro-favorite for a reason.
Choosing a paint color for your home can be a uniquely personal task. After all, paint does more than just add color to a space—it brings with it a whole mood, contributing intimately to how you live, feel, and experience your surroundings. The right paint color can up the ante in any room, transforming what was once just a shell of a space into a living, breathing embodiment of you.
Perhaps that’s why designers put so much thought into choosing paint colors for their clients, and many have come to rely on tried-and-true shades to convey the vibe they’re going for. Over the past few years, designer paint palettes have overwhelmingly skewed towards the blue and green color family. And for good reason—equal parts relaxing and invigorating, the spectrum of blue and green paint colors out there is enormous, making it easy to find just the right tint for whatever look you’re after.
Now though, the two paint powerhouse hues are teaming together for a new trending shade that delivers the best of both worlds: blue-green paint. Ranging from rich peacock and deep emerald to sunny teal, the combination of blue-green paint lends a heavy dose of personality, enlivening modern and traditional homes alike. Tempted by this stunning shade? Grab your brushes: We’ve tapped 10 design pros to share their favorite blue-green hues to help inform your next paint project.
Coat of Arms by Benjamin Moore
A moody, smoky teal teams with wallpaper from Trustworth Studios to marry modern charm with old-world appeal in this 1900s farmhouse designed by Robin Henry. “Benjamin Moore Coat of Arms is a perennial favorite," the designer says of her go-to blue-green paint shade. “I suggest it when clients ask for peacock, which can be too dark.”
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Largo Teal by Benjamin Mooore
A blue-green palette grabs all the eyes on this pass-through wet bar designed by Vani Sayeed. The designer paired a botanical-inspired wallpaper and dramatically veined marble with a rich teal from Benjamin Moore for an entertaining zone inspired by the client's garden.
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Chapelle Green by Farrow & Ball
Dusty blue green cabinets pair beautifully with textured brick floors in this expansive country kitchen, designed for the 2021 House Beautiful Whole Home by Stephanie Sabbe of Sabbe Interior Design. The calming color plays into the relaxed nature of the space, which is reinforced with bitsy botanical patterns, a casual dining arrangement, and finishes that will patina over time.
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River Blue by Benjamin Moore
In this San Francisco residence, designer Regan Baker relied on a smokey blue-green shade to lend grown-up appeal to a versatile bunkroom. Designed with vising grandparents in mind, the space serves as a cozy retreat thanks to the enveloping hue, which Baker paired with tonal quilts and an eye-catching rug from Vivienne Westwood.
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Retreat by Sherwin Williams
In the Nashville home of country music star Thomas Rhett and his wife Lauren Akins, color played a large role in achieving the desired vibe, which Akins described as "feeling like our grandparent's home." To score that lived-in comfort, designer April Tomlin relied on a soft blue-green hue—Retreat by Sherwin Williams—in the basement entertaining area, finishing the shiplap walls with a sampling of Rhett's cowboy hat collection.
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Hauge Blue by Farrow & Ball
When revitalizing an 1895 Colonial outside of Boston, designer Cecilia Casagrande focused on balancing and highlighting the home space through the creative use of color. One of her most stunning applications? The deep, rich blue green hue she chose for the living room. Already a well-established designer-favorite shade, Farrow & Ball's Hauge Blue beautifully offsets the restored woodwork and period details in the space, lending the room both a sense of history and modern touch.
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Dix Blue by Farrow & Ball
To create a calming oasis you can retreat to at the end of the day, envelope your bathroom in a muted blue green hue. In this space, designed by Achille Salvagni, the choice of Farrow & Ball's Dix Blue was almost poetic in nature, bringing a touch of Italy to the Hamptons home.“You’d often see this teal along the Amalfi Coast in the 1940s and ’50s," explains Salvagni. "The elegant blue contrasts and complements the pale carved-marble tub—a nod to ancient Roman thermal baths—and emphasizes the high ceiling."
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Seaworthy by Sherwin Williams
Choosing high-gloss paint is a great way to instantly glam up a room. Case in point: This office-meets-playspace, designed by Nina Magon, which relies on a stunning blue-green hue from Sherwin Williams to channel a welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere.
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Green Cucumber by Benjamin Moore
Lively and invigorating, a saturated blue green shade brings the funk to this Atlanta pool house. Designer Charlotte Lucas used the color—Green Cucumber by Benjamin Moore—to channel vacation-ready vibes for her clients, amping it up with equally eye-catching accents like a custom pendant light and veiny marble backsplash. "[The client] has stayed in some beautiful luxury hotels and resorts, and we wanted to bring that elevated style and design to their backyard,” says Lucas of the personality-packed space.
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Sloe Blue by Farrow & Ball
Tasked with cozying up the expansive 700 sq. foot living room in the 2021 House Beautiful Whole Home, designer Emilie Munroe of Studio Munroe relied on a Sloe Blue, a shade from Farrow & Ball's Archive Collection. "I thought, let’s be bold, let’s be colorful, let’s be vibrant and forward-thinking and create a magical environment for welcoming people into this home,” Munroe says. The inky hue boasts just a touch of green, keeping it vibrant enough to hold its own against other dramatic accents in the space, like a custom mural, 20-foot ceilings, and punchy accessories.
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