Home Tones: Olive Green

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Of all the shades of green out there, olive green is probably our favourite. That shouldn’t come as any surprise, it’s the colour of the H is for Home branding. It’s restful and natural, and works very well with wood – both light and dark in colour – from a blonde 1950s Ercol chair to a richly patinated antique oak coffer. Complementary tones include lime green, yellow ochre, khaki and cream. Good contrasting highlight colours include red, orange and purple – think flowers against foliage.

Bedroom with olive green painted wall and Orla Kieley bed linencredit

Olive green upholstered armchairs in a sitting roomcredit

Cushions from Lomas & Lomascredit

Kitchen with olive splashbackcredit

Exterior of a house painted olive greencredit

deep olive wall painted with Fired Earth paintcredit

Olive painted kitchen unitscredit

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