Mint Color Palette — Cedar Grove Mint
A fresh five-color scheme led by soft mint and warmed by cedar brown, balanced with linen and stone neutrals — every color matched to real paint you can buy.
By David Chen · Formulation Lead & Resident Chemist
Mint is having a quiet moment in 2026 — softer and more grown-up than the candy versions we saw years ago. This scheme puts a gentle Garden Mint in charge and lets a muted Sage Whisper echo it, so the green reads calm instead of sweet.
The neutrals do the steady work here. Soft Linen keeps everything bright and open, while Warm Stone adds a little weight so the room does not float away. Think of them as the warm hush between two greens.
Then comes Cedar Brown, the one color that changes the whole mood. A small dose of that deep wood tone — a frame, a door, a single piece of furniture — pulls the mint toward something natural and lived-in. Use it sparingly and it does all the talking.
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Questions
Mint is a cool, slightly minty green, and cedar brown is its warm earthy opposite. The warmth of the wood tone keeps the mint from feeling cold or clinical, so the two settle each other rather than compete.
Let mint lead on the largest surfaces, roughly two-thirds of what you see. Use the sage and neutrals to carry the middle, then save cedar brown for small, deliberate accents.
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