Richmond Green
What Richmond Green Actually Looks Like
Richmond Green reads as a genuine, grounded green, the kind you associate with painted woodwork in older English country houses or a well-kept garden gate. It sits in the middle of the value range, deep enough to feel intentional but light enough to stay readable in a normally lit room. In bright daylight it shows a clean, leafy green with good saturation. In low or north-facing light it darkens and can feel closer to a forest shade.
Richmond Green Undertones
The color carries a yellow-green foundation that keeps it from feeling cold or blue. That warmth ties it to the botanical side of the green family rather than the blue-gray side. In incandescent light the yellow base becomes more pronounced, nudging the color toward an olive direction without fully crossing over.
Where Richmond Green Works Best
Richmond Green works well where you want a color with real presence. It suits dining rooms, home libraries, studies, and entry halls where a deeper, committed color is appropriate. It also performs on exterior trim and doors, where its mid-depth holds up against daylight without washing out. As a full exterior body color on a house with white trim it has a classic, composed look. On furniture or cabinetry in a satin or semi-gloss finish it shows its character without overwhelming a room.
Where to put Richmond Green
A full paint-out in Richmond Green gives a dining room a settled, enveloping feeling without requiring heavy furniture to anchor it. Keep the trim in a warm white and let natural wood floors or a rattan or cane light fixture do the work of preventing it from feeling too serious.
This is a natural fit. The depth of the color creates a focused, calm atmosphere that suits reading and work. Leather, aged wood, and warm metal tones all sit comfortably alongside it.
An entry sees multiple light conditions across the day. Richmond Green holds its identity through those shifts, staying green rather than slipping into a muddy or ambiguous territory. It makes a confident first impression without relying on a bold or trendy direction.
On a front door in a semi-gloss finish, Richmond Green is classic without being ordinary. It reads clearly from the street and complements brick, stone, white siding, and natural wood cladding equally well.
On lower cabinets paired with a lighter upper or a warm white wall, Richmond Green brings color into the kitchen in a grounded, non-trendy way. Brass or unlacquered bronze hardware reinforces the warmth in its base.
What to Pair With Richmond Green
No coordinating colors are listed in our database for Richmond Green at this time. As a starting point, it pairs well with warm off-whites for trim, raw or honey-toned wood tones, aged brass or bronze hardware, and terracotta or rust accents that pick up on its yellow-green base.
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Colors that clash with Richmond Green
Richmond Green's yellow-green base conflicts with colors that lean blue or gray in an adjacent or open-plan space. The contrast is not energizing, it just feels off.
Polished chrome and brushed stainless pull blue and silver out of the environment, which works against the warm yellow-green in Richmond Green and can make the pairing feel flat.
A stark, blue-white trim color can make Richmond Green read slightly yellow by contrast, shifting it away from the clean botanical green it actually is.
Common questions
Its precise LRV is 24.32, which places it in the medium-dark range. It will absorb a meaningful amount of light, so rooms with limited windows will feel noticeably darker. In well-lit or south-facing rooms it performs without making the space feel closed in.
It can, but go in with clear expectations. North light is cool and flat, and at this depth the color will read darker and can shift toward a shadowy forest green. If you want it to feel like the leafy, warmer green it is in daylight, a north-facing room is a harder environment. A well-placed lamp with warm-toned bulbs helps compensate.
For walls, eggshell gives you enough sheen to be wipeable without turning the surface reflective. For trim or cabinetry, satin or semi-gloss holds up to cleaning and lets the depth of the color show cleanly. On an exterior door, semi-gloss is the standard choice and it suits this color well.
Yes, it is available in both Benjamin Moore interior and exterior lines.
The Benjamin Moore code is 553. The hex and RGB values render alongside this page for reference.