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What colours go with Mid Azure Green?

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Mid Azure Green wants warmth and depth around it, not bright white. Drench the room in it, then bring in antique brass, old leather, a soft clotted-cream like Farrow & Ball Au Lait, and a deep tobacco accent such as Mylands Cigar BH.20.

Mid Azure Green is a proper jewel of a colour, and the worst thing you can do is hang it next to bright white trim — it just collapses and looks cheap. The trick is to drench everything: walls, woodwork, ceiling, the lot. That's when it earns its keep and reads as a true jewel-box rather than a feature wall that's lost its nerve.

Once you've committed, warm it. This green leans cool and a little theatrical, so it craves antique brass, old leather, gilt frames and lamplight to stop it going chilly. One richly veined warm marble — a mantel or a tabletop — catching the light does more for it than any amount of cushions.

For a softer companion, Farrow & Ball Au Lait (LRV 80) is a lovely clotted-cream that takes the edge off without fighting the green — use it on an adjoining hallway or as a ceiling if you don't fancy full drench overhead. Paper III from Paint & Paper Library (LRV 75.3) does a similar job, a touch crisper, and works beautifully as a contrast on ceramics, lampshades or trim if you want a little relief.

For accents that bring the warmth, Mylands Cigar BH.20 (LRV 11.8) is the one — a deep tobacco-brown that echoes the leather-and-lamplight mood perfectly. Pull it onto a door, a bookcase back or joinery and the whole scheme deepens.

Want a jolt of drama? Dulux Fuchsia Falls 2 (LRV 29.8) is the bold complementary play — pink against green is a classic for a reason. Keep it to a chair, a print or a length of fabric rather than the walls, and it sings.

Practically: buy sample pots and paint a big board you can move around the room at different times of day. Mid Azure Green shifts a lot under artificial light, and you want to be sure your brass and leather are doing their job before you commit the ceiling.

Colours from the answer

LRV 2.3
Little Greene
Mid Azure Green
LRV 29.8
Dulux
Fuchsia Falls 2
LRV 11.8
Mylands
Cigar BH.20
LRV 75.3
Paint & Paper Library
Paper III
LRV 80
Farrow & Ball
Au Lait

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