While many green shades are considered outdated, there is one shade on the rising and gained a lot of popularity in recent years: olive green.
This serene shade can bring a boldness while at the same time still keep the space feel comfy and cozy. Furthermore, the unique freshness look as the green shade’s typical characteristic can make your interior space far from boring.
There are many different ways that you can use to incorporate this beautiful shade into your home, from furniture, decoration items, or the most popular one: walls.
Most homeowners choose the walls to bring the beauty of olive green as it can instantly elevate the entire space with its richness and tranquility. This is also supported by the fact that many paint brands – including the most popular ones such as Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore – release their breathtaking olive green paint collections.
However, we’ve got many similar questions from some of our followers and readers that find a big obstacle after painting their walls using olive green: what color should they use to decorate their olive green walls?
Based on our experience decorating many rooms with olive green walls, we found out that orange, turquoise, terracotta, slate blue, blush pink, and blue tend to work best with olive. Some of those colors can blend flawlessly with olive green to create a harmonious look, while some others are a great choice if you want to bring a touch of contrasting effects.
To give you more clear insight, we set up a space and demonstrate those colors in our olive walls, and here they are :
Best Accent Colors for Olive Green Walls
Orange
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This is one of our favorites pair with olive green walls especially when we need to enrich and liven up the room.
Pairing olive green and orange can bring a breathtaking contrast that makes those orange elements stand out as a focal point, but in a perfect way that is not overpowering and taking over the olive green as the primary palette in your color scheme.
Orange also can be a great option if you want to add just a touch of vibrant accent to your space. Adding two or three orange accessories can work wonders, but avoid adding too much of this shade as it can distract your entire area.
Turquoise
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If you want a more harmonious look but at the same time still bring a splash of beautiful contrast, then turquoise can be an excellent choice for you.
With a more vibrant hue, turquoise is a great complementary color that can stand out against a light olive green wall, but at the same time still blend perfectly as both shades had a similar shade of green.
Mint
Another great green shade, but this time, in a much brighter and lighter appearance. Mint can soften up the olive green beautifully while adding some beautiful fresh twist, especially for a dark olive green shade.
This monochromatic color combo work perfectly as while they share the same green hues, but olive and mint had a completely different warmth, so they complement each others while still looks flawless.
Terracotta
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Olive green is a unique and fresh color, so why not combine it with another unique shade such as terracotta? This combination will create a gorgeous and stylish look where both colors will highlight each other perfectly, and at the same time, the warmth of the terracotta will balance the olive green coziness.
Furthermore, both colors are currently in an upward trend in the past recent years, so combining them together can give you a guarantee that you don’t need to redo or update your decor for the next few years.
Slate Blue
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As we already said before, olive green color is a perfect choice for you who want to create a calming and comfy space. But if you think that’s not enough, you can try adding other muted, soothing shade such as this beautiful slate blue.
This setting will create a perfectly cozy and relaxing space and can be very beneficial, especially when used for a room where you will spend a lot of time, such as a bedroom or living room.
At a glance, the slate blue accessories looks flawless with the olive green wall, and this is true since they are sit beside each others in color wheel. But if you take a closer look, the slate blue and olive green don’t have any similar tone or hue but actually contrasting each other. And that’s what makes this combination very interesting and worth trying.
Cream
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Unlike many other colors, olive green is quite different. While almost any wall paint colors can pair well with all neutral shade, that doesn’t seem to apply with olive green.
In fact, pairing olive green wall with some neutral shade such as gray doesn’t produce an acceptable result.
However, if you still want to combine it with a neutral color, we highly suggest you go with cream. This is one of the perfect choices of neutral color that can work exceptionally well with any shade of olive green.
Cream tone can help bring a warm touch that helps balance your space in a simple but elegant way.
White
White will never goes wrong. This ultra-neutral can blend literally with any colors, including the tricky one like olive green.
Beside from it’s risk free feature, white decoration can also lighten up the olive wall and make the entire space feel clean and sleek. This color palette will be a great choice to create a ultra-modern, contemporary room.
Black
Or, you can go in a completely different direction by using black. Black accessories will accentuate the olive green accent wall in a bold, elegant looks without taking away it’s warm and beauty.
And since the black items will stand out loudly, it’s a great way to use it as a centerpiece of your interior.
Blush Pink
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Almost all green shades won’t work well with pink. However, it can be quite different with olive green.
As you can see in the image above, olive green and pink accessories work really well together to create a beautiful, aesthetic, and eye-pleasing look.
So if you want to create an Instagram-worthy space, this one is a wonderful choice for you.
Gold
Gold and olive looks amazing! As you can see in the image above, just one piece of gold wall decoration can bring a completely different looks and feels to the olive wall.
It’s glam and luxurious vibe spread beautifully to the entire space, creating a classic, lavish style interior that everyone’s will adore.
Blue
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Incorporate a blue accent into an olive green can be a great option, especially if you want to create a stylish and elegant look. The blue element will be striking beautifully against the wall.
Furthermore, these two colors are great representations of nature, where olive green can be found in the form of plants and vegetation, while blue represents the sky or water.
Thus, this color combination is a great choice for bringing some natural feels and ambiance to create a fresh and cozy home.
Blue Gray
Another shade of blue that can be a great option for you. Unlike most blue, the blue-gray had a strong neutrality, thanks to it’s gray undertones.
And this neutrality, added with some cool-toned, works perfectly to balance out the olive green, creating a perfectly well-balanced visual appearances.
Light Brown
Since olive is an earthy color, why not adding another earthy hues to it? Take a look at the image above, where we adding the light brown to the olive, and the results is quite interesting.
This earthy combo bring plenty of fresh and natural senses to your space, while still gives each others enough contrast. To finish this up perfectly, add some plants or greenery throughout the room.
Chocolate Brown
Another great brown shade that you can try. The chocolate brown had an intense warmth that will going in the same direction with olive, creating a strong welcoming and inviting ambiance to your spaces.
It’s intense hues will make any chocolate brown items stand out beautifully and becomes the new focal point of your interior.
Dark Red
This color combination may be a bit unusual, but actually, it worth a try. Especially if you are looking for some vibrant accent to richen up and enliven your living room with olive green walls.
The dark red decor will easily pop up, and bring intense energetic vibe to lift up the mood of your home.