Purvi Padia in a pale green dress in her Manhattan apartment

July 21, 2024 Design The Spruce: Designers Agree: This Earthy Shade Is Their Favorite Paint Color of All Time

By Tessa Cooper

Less is often more when it comes to paint options. If you’ve ever brought home too many swatches and gotten seriously confused, we understand.

We love keeping up with which paint colors are currently trending, so we put out a call to several designers to find out which ones they’ve been loving the most lately.

Interestingly enough, one hue in particular stood out as a common choice, and we’re thinking it could be a new neutral.

Winner: Shades of Muted Greens

Green was the one color that all the designers we surveyed listed, and each version leaned much more muted than the jewel-toned greens we recently saw taking center stage.

Tea Light by Benjamin Moore

Purvi Padia, interior designer and founder of REVELRY, cited a more faded earth-toned green as one of her current favorites. Tea Light by Benjamin Moore is a muted sage that invites tranquility into a room.

“It’s perfect for spaces where you want to evoke a sense of peace, like a bedroom or a home library,” she says. “I’m drawn to its ability to act as a neutral and pair well with so many different tones.”

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