Pullman Green is a proper traditional green — deep, characterful, and just cool enough that the wrong partners can tip it towards institutional. The trick is to keep everything around it warm.
My honest advice: drench it. Walls, woodwork and ceiling all in Pullman Green gives you that full club-room effect — think old library, smoking room, snug. It's a colour that rewards confidence rather than being dabbed on one wall.
If you must break it up, reach for a warm off-white and nothing colder. Paint & Paper Library Paper III (LRV 75.3) and Farrow & Ball Au Lait (LRV 80) are both ideal — soft, creamy, plenty of light bounce without going clinical. A brilliant white next to Pullman Green looks like a mistake, every time. It throws the green's grey undertone forward and the whole thing turns cold and flat.
For depth and grounding, Mylands Cigar BH.20 (LRV 11.8) is a cracking companion — a rich, leathery brown that echoes the old-leather and smoked-oak materials this green loves. Use it on a floor, a piece of furniture or as a contrasting trim if you're not drenching.
Want a bit of life in there? Dulux Fuchsia Falls 2 (LRV 29.8) is your accent — a deep pink-red that sits beautifully against green and stops the scheme feeling too sober. Keep it small: a cushion, a chair, the inside of a bookcase.
The materials matter as much as the paint. Old leather, smoked oak and aged bronze all keep Pullman Green's cool grey from turning grey-institutional. Avoid chrome and cold steel — they fight it.
Practical tip: test it big, and test it at night. Greens this deep change dramatically under warm artificial light, and a Pullman Green snug really comes alive after dark. If your room only sees cool north light, lean even harder on the warm off-whites and leather tones to balance it.