"Warm in winter and cool in summer, MOUNT SAINT ANNE CC-710,
BENJAMIN MOORE is versatile. It's sophisticated – like an elegant 18th-century French dining room. I love it in living, dining and powder rooms with white trim and chocolate brown floors. Just add dark wood furniture, lots of silver and crystal accents and rich-tone silks for a classic look, or mix it with contemporary fabric patterns like soft geometrics for a cool, modern feel."
Paula Arsens, kitchen and bath designer, Vancouver 
"HALE NAVY HC-154, BENJAMIN MOORE is a true navy. It reminds me of my grammar school blazer. Navy blue is evocative of eastern-seaboard high style. There's something classic and preppy about it that elicits a sense of nostalgia. I love this colour in bedrooms and dining rooms. Generally, a flat paint looks best, but if you have perfect walls, a lacquered treatment in a dining room is stunning. I like the ceiling and trim to be white, and I add grey, brass and antiqued gold accents to create the feeling of a navy blazer with brass buttons and grey flannels."
Thomas Smythe, designer, Toronto
"Don't be fooled by the name. On a paint chip or in small quantities, SMOKY GREEN CC-700, BENJAMIN MOORE can look green, but on walls it takes on a gorgeous robin's egg blue tone. It's relaxing and what I call a dirty kind of blue. I'd use a latex eggshell finish and paint a bathroom, bedroom or kitchen this colour. I'd paint the trim Benjamin Moore's Cloud White CC-40 for a warm effect or Simply White OC-117 for a crisper look. Mix this blue with silver accessories like frames, lamps or Venetian mirrors."
Costantino D'Elia, designer, Toronto
"My favourite blue, WOODLAWN BLUE HC-147, BENJAMIN MOORE reminds me of a sunny Alberta sky or West Coast beach. It's peaceful, comforting and promotes a feeling of tranquility. It works just as well with traditional antiques as it does with modern furniture. I like it against accents of ivory, pink, fuchsia, brown and creamy gold." Brenda Porter, interior designer, Calgary
"PARMA GRAY 27, FARROW & BALL is like a faded blue cotton shirt made soft with repeated washings. I like blue and have no difficulty working with it, although I tend to avoid blues with green undertones. This one has a warmth that reminds me of evening sunlight striking a blue wall. I'd use a matte finish in a room with lots of white and stained woodwork, and accent it with watercolour paintings, antique carpets, rose-colour fabrics and creamware."
William Ryan, designer, Port Hope, Ont.
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I recently painted a bedroom the smoky green by benjamin moore and the colour is fabulous! Very calming and the paint is great to work with, no splattering.
Hi, I have a small bedroom (app. 11 x 11) with oak-wood (floors, door, window trim and closet doors). I have a double bed, big window, dresser (white with brown design on drawers and gold trimming - want to change colour and paint chocolate brown?) and night table with the same design as dresser. I currently have BM kittery point green but it doesn't look good as it did in a bedroom that I saw on-line on the pottery barn site. I want my room to look and feel cozy and comfortable. I don't know what colours to paint my room and which colours to decorate b/c of the oak floors and trimming. I have thought of these colours, all by BM: herbes de provence buxton blue providence olive and other suggestions after reading them on-line: smoky green mount saint anne saybrook sage I would appreciate your input. Thanks. Joanne
Hi, I'm looking to update my kitchen and just finished our floor with a vintage cream ceramic tile (kitchen is 15x12) and i'm thinking of painting our cupboard doors a pale blue which they are already a darker blue which I dislike...plus we are looking at replacing the countertop and buy new hardware. Then we want to paint our walls a pale yellow or another color which is called indian corn by walmart but i'm not sure what color or design to go with for a backsplash on one part of my wall where my sink and window is..should I do that last? I'd appreciate designers opinions... on a tight budget also. THANKS SHELLEY
My Husband is thinking blue with off-white or baige furniture. Which blue would yall suggest i should consider? I like the feeeling and thought u all desiners add with this !!! Thank you !! Gives me surely the strength to experience with colour :) Thank u :D