Green Acres
S-G-440 · #42D700 · LRV 50 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Sage Green22
- 2Evergreen Fog30
- 3Green Acres50
- 4Soft Fern57
- 5Hancock Green66
What Color Is Green Acres, Really?
Green Acres reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr S-G-440 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Green Acres
Green Acres is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.
How Lighting Changes Green Acres
At LRV 50, Green Acres is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its green undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Green Acres are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Green Acres within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #42D700 in HSL space. Pair Green Acres with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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