But one thing I don’t appreciate, is the color green. I don’t like using the color green in any rooms where you see a lot of skin, whether it’s a bathroom or a bedroom.  Green is a very restful color, so it seems like it would be a good choice for this area.  That’s why they call it a green room in acting – because it calms your nerves. You’re used to seeing large swaths of green in nature, be it grass or treetops.  The problem with green, however, is that it casts a pallor on your skin.  It makes you look like a sickly little Yoda, and I just don’t like it in a place where I’m going to be doing my makeup and want a real sense of how I look.

If it’s just a powder room, doing a forest green or even a deep teal can be gorgeous.  But if I’m going to be checking myself out or applying makeup, it’s not going to show me what I truly look like.  Or, you know, I mentioned I had an anniversary.  When I’m having special time in the bedroom, and wearing less clothing than normal, my skin will reflect this green tone, making me look sallow and sickly.  Green is a color I avoid in those two rooms.

I prefer to do neutral tones like creams, grays, beiges, and whites.  I avoid any color altogether because any color will cast a pallor in a bedroom.  I like to use those same neutral tones, but maybe go a little bit darker.  Or I like to stay with something warmer, like a peach.

You want to be careful with yellows if you have any trouble sleeping, because yellow is a color of stimulation.  Just like the sun, it can wake you.  If you don’t have trouble sleeping or if you need to sleep less, I think a lovely yellow would make your skin look a bit more vibrant.  I also like blues like a really mellow, muted blue.  My bedroom is Iceberg from Benjamin Moore, and I just love it. It puts me in that really calm, restful mood without being a strong tone.

If you’re going to embrace the green, no matter what I say (and these greens are dark – forest green, emerald green, and a rich, deep sage), I totally agree with your boyfriend that doing the ceiling in that color is going to be overwhelming.  You’re going to feel like you’re ensconced in a canopy of green; a green cave. I just think it might start to be a little oppressive. So I do think that you should keep the ceilings white.  You can choose a white that has a subtle undertone of green, or the best way to make green stand out is to use its complementary color.: red.  So if you were to choose a white for the ceiling that has just a little bit of pink, it’s really going to make that green pop.

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