Clare green paint colors

Clare's green family is small and edited on purpose. There are 8 greens in the deck, and they lean toward the warm, lived-in, vegetable-garden side of green rather than cold mint or pine. You see this in the names alone: Avocado Toast, Matcha Latte, Extra Virgin, Daily Greens. These are greens with a little yellow or gray mixed in, which keeps them soft and easy to live with instead of loud.

The lightest in this slice is High Vibe at LRV 61, and the darkest is Daily Greens at LRV 18. That spread means you can go from an airy almost-neutral up to a deep, near-charcoal green from the same brand and the same green logic.

LRV is just how much light a color bounces back, from 0 (black) to 100 (white). Higher numbers read lighter and keep a room feeling open; lower numbers read deeper and pull a room in. In this slice the high end is High Vibe (61) and Dirty Martini (60), the middle sits around Avocado Toast (48), Money Moves (47), and Matcha Latte (42), and the deep end runs through OMGreen (36), Extra Virgin (35), and Daily Greens (18).

A simple way to choose: if the room is small or short on windows, stay near the top of the range so the green still feels fresh. If you want drama or have lots of light to spare, drop down to the 30s or lower. Daily Greens at 18 is the one that reads as a true dark, moody color rather than a wall color you barely notice.

The lighter greens like High Vibe and Dirty Martini work as whole-room wall colors, including kitchens, bedrooms, and offices where you want calm without going gray. Money Moves, a sage, is the safe crowd-pleaser for cabinets, an island, or a bedroom that needs to feel restful. Matcha Latte and Avocado Toast have enough depth to anchor a dining room or a feature wall while still being friendly.

The deep greens earn their keep in smaller, high-impact spots. OMGreen, Extra Virgin, and especially Daily Greens are great on cabinetry, a built-in, a powder room, or a single dramatic wall. Because Clare's trim finish is Subtle Semi-Gloss, any of these greens can also go on doors or trim if you want a quieter, tone-on-tone look.

Warm greens like these want warm whites, not stark blue-whites. Clare's all-time bestseller Whipped is a natural trim and ceiling partner because it stays soft, and it does especially well in north-facing rooms where cooler whites can go flat. Paint trim in Subtle Semi-Gloss and the ceiling in the flat Ceiling finish so the green wall stays the star.

For coordinating walls, pair a mid green like Money Moves with a warm greige or a muted clay, or stack two greens from this slice — a light wall in Dirty Martini with deep Daily Greens on a built-in reads custom and pulled-together. If you want contrast, a moody green like Current Mood from elsewhere in Clare's deck plays well next to the lighter members of this family.

Clare is direct-to-consumer, so you buy these greens at clare.com rather than at a store. You can order peel-and-stick swatches shipped to your door to test on the wall first, and the paint itself ships in about 1 to 2 days. It runs $54 a gallon for walls or trim and $42 a gallon for ceiling and primer, in zero-VOC, GREENGUARD Gold certified formulas, with Perfect Eggshell for walls and Subtle Semi-Gloss for trim and doors.

Like all modern paint, these colors are mixed to order from a tint formula, so a close match can usually be made at any paint counter using the LRV and undertone as your guide. To cross-shop, match by LRV and warmth: a sage like Money Moves (47) lines up with the sage greens other US brands carry in that same range, and a deep green like Daily Greens (18) matches their darkest forest tones. The featured Kompozit deck has comparable warm and deep greens, so if you find a Clare green you love, ask a Kompozit retailer to match the same LRV and undertone for a near-identical result.