Colors that go with Sage Green for a living room
Sage Green · #9CAF88
Sage Green (#9CAF88) — a soft, grey-tinged green — pairs best with muted red, teal, terracotta & clay, and ochre & gold. In a living room, ground it with muted red, drawn from 8 historically-grounded combinations below.
A living room can take a stronger pairing — one grounding partner plus a warm accent keeps a shared space inviting without going flat.
What sage green pairs with
- muted red
- teal
- terracotta & clay
- ochre & gold
8 combinations with sage green, from the 1933 Dictionary
Ochraceous Salmon & Cotinga Purple +1
Plate 238 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Ochraceous Salmon, Cotinga Purple, Warm Gray.
#a1a39a #d8a37b #501345
Red & Pale Lemon Yellow +2
Plate 261 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Red, Pale Lemon Yellow, Calamine BLue, Warm Gray.
#a1a39a #a72144 #ffefae #78cdd0
Old Rose & Rainette Green +1
Plate 162 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Old Rose, Rainette Green, Lilac.
#8fa071 #d46d7a #b984af
Spectrum Red & Ivory Buff +2
Plate 266 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Spectrum Red, Ivory Buff, Rainette Green, Benzol Green.
#8fa071 #e31f26 #ebd3a2 #00978d
Spectrum Red & Ivory Buff +2
Plate 301 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Spectrum Red, Ivory Buff, Rainette Green, Aconite Violet.
#8fa071 #e31f26 #ebd3a2 #a36aa5
Celadon & Unbleached
Celadon pottery green beside the unbleached warmth of raw silk.
#8DB6A5 #F3EBDA #6E7B6A
Ecru & Pale King's Blue +1
Plate 167 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Ecru, Pale King's Blue, Vandar Poel's Blue.
#c2ae93 #a7d4e4 #064f6e
Hay's Russet & Ecru +2
Plate 249 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Hay's Russet, Ecru, Olive Ocher, Dark Medici Blue.
#c2ae93 #793327 #d6b43e #547076
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