If you’re looking for a beautiful, classic dark grey green paint color, be sure to consider Farrow and Ball Card Room Green. Card Room Green No.79 is a lovely and traditional warm neutral green Farrow and Ball paint color that is considered a crowd-favorite!
Card Room Green by Farrow and Ball is a popular color that will add a beautiful touch of green to your home. It would look so pretty as an exterior front door color or even as a painted nightstand or dresser!
This is a traditional, yet versatile gray green whose color 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 Card Room Green.
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Why You’ll Love Farrow And Ball Card Room Green
While I love how versatile and neutral creamy white walls can be, every time I come across a pretty pop of color (especially blues or greens!), I notice how fresh and cheery it feels to embrace some color in the home. Often times, you may want a pop of color, but don’t necessarily know if a color will look too bold, too colorful, or you may just not know where the color would look best in your home.
The key is first finding the right color. A beautiful shade of green paint that looks great on both interior walls in different lighting, on furniture or DIY projects, on trim, and on exterior doors or shutters: welcome, Card Room Green!
Named after the study-like rooms from the Victorian period, this grey green paint looks especially beautiful on interior walls of a study or home office.
Here are some reasons why you’ll love Farrow And Ball’s Card Room Green paint color:
- Beautiful gray green color
- Lovely and versatile shade of green
- Feels traditional and cozy
- Great paint color for furniture and other DIY projects (and F&B paint is even considered “toy-safe”!)
- Goes well with many other paint colors, especially neutrals and creamy whites
- Looks great on trim or moulding
- Pairs well with many wallpaper options
- Quality exterior and interior paint
- Comes in a variety of finishes
We’ll touch more on these details here…
F&B Card Room Green LRV
Farrow and Ball Card Room Green has an LRV of approximately 27.
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 quick 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, or an intimate room, like a study, to feel a bit 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!
*Various lighting conditions and the actual environment can really change the look of a specific paint color, so be sure to always test out a small area first, before deciding it is the best choice for you! (For example, front doors can look very different from interior doors or walls painted in the same color, as natural light hits one more than the other).
Is Farrow and Ball Card Room Green A Warm Or Cool Color?
While Farrow and Ball describes Breakfast Room Green as a “gray green,” it leans slightly towards warm due to its hue, saturation and lightness. It has a warmer and earthier tone that can lean warm, yet in different lighting it can still pull a gray-blue undertone.
However, it’s important to note that undertones can be subtle and can also be influenced by various factors such as lighting and surrounding colors.
Card Room Green, like many other favorite green paint colors, can look quite different depending on the light and time of day. So again, be sure to always test out a sample or large swatch in your desired room!
Above, you can see that it pulls more gray-green, whereas in the picture below, you can see how Card Room green (on the left) pulls more gray-blue undertone when compared to Breakfast Room Green on the right:
Farrow and Ball Card Room Green Ideas
Front Door– A Farrow and Ball Card Room Green front door would look gorgeous! Here is a festive Card Room Green door beautifully decorated for the holidays:
Here is an interior door painted in Card Room Green in the most perfect green bathroom:
And here is a Card Room Green interior door ready for Spring:
Trim, Moulding, and Wainscoting– If you don’t want to commit to a full green painted room, consider using Card Room Green on trim, moulding, or wainscoting.
This stunning green bathroom has a beautiful Card Room Green trim paired with one of my absolute favorite classic green wallpapers:
*Be sure to check out this post: The Most Beautiful Green Wallpaper for fabulous green wallpaper pairings!
I also love this Card Room Green painted banister:
Walls– A traditional color like Card Room Green would look fantastic in a room that feels cozy and intimate like a study, office, or powder room!
Can you believe this is not a kitchen, but rather a pretty (and functional) utility room with Card Room Green walls (and Green Smoke cabinets):
Furniture– This color would look great painted on a variety of furniture pieces. Consider painting nightstands, a bookcase, hutch, dresser or even a bathroom vanity 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 something like this doll house (gin cabinet) seen here in Card Room Green:
What Colors Go With Card Room Green?
Whether you’re looking for accent colors or trim colors that pair with Card 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 or Beige Colors
- Farrow And Ball Stony Ground
- Benjamin Moore Cedar Key
- Benjamin Moore French Macaroon
- Farrow and Ball Dimity
- Benjamin Moore Classic Gray (seen below)
- 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 Card Room Green?
There are SO many gorgeous wallpaper options that go well with Card Room Green.
Neutral wallpaper would look gorgeous paired with Card 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)
Neutral floral prints or textured grasscloth pair beautifully:
Green wallpaper would also look stunning paired with this lovely green paint! Why not green on green? Especially green and white wallpaper would look really nice paired with F&B’s Card Room Green painted wainscoting or trim. (*Be sure to check out this popular post: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GREEN WALLPAPER)
And pairing Card Room Green with a beautiful green plaid or buffalo check would be such a great combo for a boys bedroom:
Soft pink wallpaper would look darling in a girls bedroom or baby girl nursery paired with Card Green Room trim or wainscoting.
Floral wallpaper would not only look stunning paired with Card Room Green, it would add a lovely garden feel to the room.
Here is a bolder floral print pairing:
And here is a lovely light blue and white floral print pairing:
Toile wallpaper would also look lovely coordinated with this earthy, classic green. Here’s a fun seaside/coastal toile wallpaper pairing below:
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 Card Room Green No.79?
Card Room Green comes in many different paint finishes for both interior walls, interior surfaces, exterior walls, and other exterior surfaces. So you’re bound to find the perfect sheen level for any project in your home!
All Farrow and Ball colours are considered to have high durability, long-lasting colour, low voc, and certified toy-safe natural ingredients (that will NOT negatively affect indoor air quality). Once you’ve chosen the actual paint colors that you want to use for your home, the final decision is whether you’d like a glossier or flatter finish. A matte finish or low sheen finish has more of a chalky finish to the eye, whereas a glossier alternative might be the perfect match for a room that appreciates some shine (and a long-lasting finish).
- 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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