BENJAMIN MOORE ANNOUNCED IT’S 2015 CHOICE FOR
“COLOR OF THE YEAR”
GUILFORD GREEN
![BENJAMIN MOORE COLOR TRENDS](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/IAP_fh_ColorTrends2015_540x395-500x365.png)
![GUILFORD GREEN](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/GUILFORD-GREEN1.jpeg)
![BENJAMIN MOORE GUILFORD GREEN](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2316849484fe35d7bf7bb29e84008b1b.jpg)
I Don’t use much green as the main colors in my home, now, but I did in our first home. And Guilford Green reminds me of a SLIGHTLY LIGHTER VERSION of a color I LOVED and used in our first home…a Laura Ashley color called HEATH GREEN. Maybe that is why it feels a bit 90’s to me. Still as a challenge I like to find a way to make any color work…
![LAURA ASHLEY HEATH GREEN](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MPC00050886-2.jpg)
WHAT I DO LIKE ABOUT GUILFORD GREEN IS IT’S VERSATILITY.
At first and maybe even second glance…it can read a bit drab…even sad to me. However, there has been so much gray and greige and beige… that it could be refreshing to have a quasi-neutral that has woodsy green color to it…a color that can be an ensemble player and not upstage the other colors…in fact I think it NEEDS colorful friends around…which keep it from being to blah…
HERE ARE SOME COMBINATIONS I LIKE…EACH CREATES ITS OWN UNIQUE LOOK. I SAY…TAKE IT AND RUN WITH IT….
![GUILFORD AND FRIENDS: (CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT) PUTNAM IVORY, WOODLAWN BLUE, ASHLEY GRAY, SEAWEED, GUILFORD GREEN (CENTER), CLARET, RACCOON FUR, PINK CLOUD, AND NEWBURYPORT BLUE](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/GUILFORD-and-friends-500x499.jpg)
WITH THE DARKS…EDGIER AND CLASSIC…
![DECORISTA - GUILFORD GREEN](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Guilford-greenish-livingroom-in-a-Madrid-appartment-I-love-the-stylish-eclectic-mix-of-antiques-and-ethnic-finds-via-The-Decorista-500x670.jpg)
PRETTY PASTELS….
![KIDS BEDROOM WITH NEUTRAL GUILFORD GREEN DIGSDIGS](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Cute-and-Beautiful-Kids-Bedroom-with-Neutral-Green-Color-Scheme-via-DigsDigs-500x666.jpg)
I AM ALWAYS DRAWN TO THE COASTAL BEACHY PALATTES…..
![PASTEL COMBO - GUILFORD GREEN, PINK CLOUD AND PALLADIAN BLUE](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/PASTEL-PRETTY-500x166.jpg)
![BENJAMIN MOORE-KOHLER](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the-bold-look-of-kohler-500x641.jpg)
![BENJAMIN MOORE GUILFORD GREEN](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/c1036dd14958db4d8a0ab3efc892fb64-468x700.jpg)
![GUILFORD GREEN PEACOCK BLUE](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/b8002854e8e8565fd222ecbb61081c7c.jpg)
![PINTEREST- GUILFORD GREEN PEACOCK BLUE](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1ad4a61e50469c0a245216d77cf6bfab.jpg)
![GUILFORD GREEN AND BLUE DANUBE](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1a08747218f7860c82a606e0c5764f5d-413x700.jpg)
![KATHLEEN DUNN - COLOR INSPIRATION](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/e17b2a25822db3670394f6de0e4422e3.jpg)
AND EVERYTHING ALWAYS LOOKS GOOD WITH A PUPPY…
![GUILFROD GREEN AND A PUPPY](http://myoldcountryhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/guildfordgreen-500x464.jpg)
XO
I don’t know, I don’t hate it, but I don’t really like it very much. I doubt I would choose it for my home.
I have to agree…don’t hate it..but not swooning…Hate is such a strong word…especially for a color….but if I moved into a house that was painted this color…I might be inclined to change it…
now…I might actually have to use the “H” word when talking about the Pantone color!
The pic of Guilford Green and Peacock Blue is actually Timothy Straw and Jack Pine. Here is the link to the BW brochure. http://media.benjaminmoore.com/WebServices/prod/colortrends2015/index.html