If youβre looking for a beautiful, cheerful green paint color, be sure to consider Farrow and Ball Breakfast Room Green. Breakfast Room Green No.81 is a lively green shade that is considered a fan-favorite!
Breakfast Room Green by Farrow and Ball is a popular color that will bring a touch of joy to your home! It would look stunning as an exterior front door color or even as a painted dresser or nightstand!
This is a colorful, yet versatile green that looks great in both daylight and lightly dimmed rooms. If you’re considering this green paint color, here is a complete guide and review of Breakfast Room Green.
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Why You’ll Love Farrow And Ball Breakfast Room Green
While I love the versatility and neutrality of creamy white walls, every time I come across a pretty pop of color (especially blues or greens!), I notice how fresh and joyful it feels to embrace some color in the home. I think often times people want a pop of color, but don’t necessarily know if a color will look too bold, too colorful, or they just don’t know where the color would look best.
It all starts with finding the right color. A beautiful shade of green that looks great on interior walls in different lighting, great on furniture or DIY projects, great on trim, and great on exterior doors or shutters: welcome, Breakfast Room Green!
Named after the typical English East-facing rooms designed for eating the first meal of the day, this green paint looks especially beautiful during sunrise.
Here are some reasons why you’ll love Farrow And Ball’s Breakfast Room Green paint color:
- Beautiful pop of color
- Lovely and versatile shade of green
- Feels lively, fresh, and cheerful!
- Great paint color for furniture and other DIY projects (and the paint is even considered “toy-safe”!)
- Goes well with many other paint colors
- Looks great on trim or moulding
- Pairs well with many wallpaper options
- Quality exterior and interior paint
- Comes in a variety of finishes
F&B Breakfast Room Green LRV
Farrow and Ball Breakfast Room Green has an LRV of approximately 35.
What is LRV? LRV refers to Light Reflectance Value.
LRV is a useful factor to consider when choosing an interior paint color. It’s a numerical way of measuring how much visible light a surface reflects. Essentially, it’s used to figure out the lightness and brightness of a specific paint color.
Here’s a breakdown of LRV:
- Scale: LRV ranges from 0 to 100
- Higher LRV: Indicates a lighter color that reflects more light, making a space feel brighter
- Lower LRV: Indicates a darker color that absorbs more light, creating a dimmer atmosphere
- 0%: Pure Black: Absorbs all light, appearing completely dark
- 100%: Pure White: Reflects all light, appearing very bright
- LRV helps you understand how much a specific paint color will brighten or darken a room
- Choosing LRV:
- Large rooms with lots of natural light: Can handle darker colors (lower LRV) for a dramatic effect
- Smaller rooms or those with limited natural light: Often benefit from lighter colors (higher LRV) to maximize brightness
However, take this with a grain of salt, because sometimes you may really want a small room, like a powder room, to feel dark and moody!
**NOTE: LRV helps to understand how much a specific paint color will brighten or darken a room, but in order to truly get a feel for how a color will look in a room it’s always recommended use a paint sample in the room and look at it in different lighting throughout the day!
Is Farrow and Ball Breakfast Room Green A Warm Or Cool Color?
While Farrow and Ball describes Breakfast Room Green as a “cheerful green,” it leans slightly towards cool due to its underlying blue tones.
However, it’s important to note that the undertones can be subtle and can also be influenced by various factors such as lighting and surrounding colors.
- Lighting: Warmer lighting can emphasize any slight yellow or brown hints present, making the green appear less cool
- Surrounding colors: Pairing Breakfast Room Green with warmer colors like beige or cream can further downplay the coolness
Therefore, while Breakfast Room Green has cool undertones, it isn’t a stark cool green. It leans slightly cooler than a true green but remains versatile enough to adapt to different lighting and color schemes!
Farrow and Ball Breakfast Room Green Ideas
Trim– I fell in love with Ariel Okin’s whimsical mudroom that features Breakfast Room Green painted trim and a cubby/bench area that she paired with Farrow and Ball Closet Stripe wallpaper. The light blue and white looks stunning paired with the beautiful green paint. There’s no way anyone could walk into this mudroom and not feel happy!
Front Door– A Farrow and Ball Breakfast Room Green front door would look gorgeous!
How beautiful is this Breakfast Room Green door in the countryside of Dorset? And how adorable are these pups?!
Walls– A cheerful color like Breakfast Room Green would look fantastic in a room with lots of natural light- a sunroom would be ideal! This traditional white fire place mantle really pops against the Breakfast Room Green walls:
And how cute do these pink wall sconces look paired with the green painted walls:
And here is a beautiful Breakfast Room Green living room:
Trim and Moulding– I love the look of this whimsical mudroom that features a Breakfast Room Green door, trim, and moulding!
And this is such a lovely combination of Breakfast Room Green with wallpaper:
Furniture– This color would look great painted on a variety of furniture pieces. Consider painting nightstands, a bookcase, hutch or even a beautiful dresser like seen here:
DIY Projects– If you don’t want to commit to painting a large room, consider smaller DIY projects such as painted picture frames, a kids play kitchen makeover, or even painted pumpkins like I made here in Breakfast Room Green! (Here the color is a bit more subtle as it is only one coat of paint π )
What Colors Go With Breakfast Room Green?
Whether you’re looking for accent colors or trim colors that pair with Breakfast Room Green, these are some paint colors that look beautiful together:
- Creamy Whites
- Benjamin Moore White Dove
- Benjamin Moore Simply White
- Farrow and Ball Pointing
- Farrow and Ball White Tie
- Sherwin Williams Alabaster
- Benjamin Moore Crisp Linen
- Crisp, Soft Whites
- Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace
- Farrow and Ball Wimborne White
- Soft Taupe Colors
- Benjamin Moore Cedar Key
- Benjamin Moore French Macaroon
- Farrow and Ball Dimity
- Light Blues
- Farrow and Ball Parma Gray
- Farrow and Ball Lulworth Blue
- Benjamin Moore Pale Smoke
- Benjamin Moore French Toile
- Soft Pinks
- Farrow and Ball Pink Ground
- Farrow and Ball Calamine
- Farrow and Ball Middleton Pink
- Farrow and Ball Tailor Tack
- Benjamin Moore Touch of Pink
- Deep Blues
- Farrow and Ball Stiffkey Blue
- Farrow and Ball Hague Blue
What Wallpaper Goes With Breakfast Room Green?
There are SO many gorgeous wallpaper options that go well with Breakfast Room Green.
Neutral wallpaper would look gorgeous paired with Breakfast Room Green! Neutral colors like cream, taupe, and white are a safe bet for wallpaper that pairs well with green paint. (*BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THIS POPULAR LIST OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NEUTRAL WALLPAPER)
Green wallpaper would also look fantastic paired with this lovely green paint! Why not green on green? Especially green and white/cream wallpaper would look really nice paired with F&B’s Breakfast Room Green painted wainscoting or trim. (*Be sure to check out this popular post: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GREEN WALLPAPER)
Soft pink wallpaper would look darling in a girls bedroom or baby girl nursery paired with Breakfast Green Room trim or wainscoting.
Floral wallpaper would not only look stunning paired with Breakfast Room Green, it would give the room a lovely garden feel.
(You can find this wallpaper and over 60 beautiful Hydrangea Wallpaper options HERE)
Note: You can see how different lighting changes the green tone- sometimes it picks up the slight blue undertone, while other times it looks more green. Always test the color in different rooms!
Toile wallpaper would also look lovely coordinated with this cheerful green. Here’s a fun seaside/coastal toile wallpaper pairing below:
(You can also learn more about this gorgeous brass hardware HERE)
Blue and White wallpaper would look stunning with Farrow and Ball Breakfast Room Green, because green, blue and white are an interior design match made in heaven. (*HERE IS THE ULTIMATE LIST OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BLUE AND WHITE WALLPAPER).
What Finishes Are Available For Farrow And Ball Breakfast Room Green No.81?
Breakfast Room Green comes in many different paint finishes for both interior walls, interior surfaces and exterior surfaces.
- Dead Flat: 2% sheen
- Modern Emulsion: 7% sheen
- Estate Emulsion: 2% sheen
- Modern Eggshell: 40% sheen
- Estate Eggshell: 20% sheen
- Full Gloss: 95% sheen
- Exterior Eggshell: 20% sheen
- Exterior Masonry: 2% sheen
*You can order a sample pot HERE from Farrow and Ball (*All sample pots & swatches come in F&B’s classic Estate Emulsion finish). Or you can order a large, removable, peel and stick paint swatch HERE (highly recommend this for testing in different rooms and different lighting!)
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