Hex#626446
RGB98 · 100 · 70
WarmthWarm
UndertoneDeep, muted yellow-green olive; an 18th-century green
FamilyGreens
CollectionColours of England
In real rooms
Credited & tagged
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How it reads
Olive Colour is one of Little Greene's Colours of England — a deep, muted yellow-green olive with a history: the brand quotes Mrs Delany, who in the 1700s 'painted her room a sort of olive green for her pictures'. It is rich, earthy and remarkably good behind art.
In a drawing room it is enveloping and warm, and it flatters both antique wood and saturated textiles — pinks, ochres, faded reds. Keep the ceiling and cornice a warm white to give it air.
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Questions
Is Olive Colour more green or brown?
Green, with a yellow-brown base. In low light it can read almost khaki-brown; in sun it is a clear olive.
What is the hex or LRV of Olive Colour?
Little Greene publishes neither. The value shown is an approximation from secondary sources.
Painted a room in Olive Colour?
Add it to the reference library — credited to you, photographed in honest light.
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