LOOK ALIVE! Spring green is growing in popularity for indoor decor.

GUILFORD GREEN HC-116 This mercurial shade (Benjamin Moore’s color of the year) is at home in traditional living rooms with classic navy and cream or in contemporary kitchens with chrome and stainless steel. Benjamin Moore

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Nothing signals a fresh start quite like the tender greens of emerging shoots and buds. Sow a few of these shades to reenergize your rooms.

TREE WHIMSEY 16-7 Try this yellowgraced green on the ceiling to create the effect of sunlight filtering through leaves. Pratt & Lambert TANGY DILL 6008-10A Perk up bland seating with pillows in this tart color. Lemon, coral, and fuchsia play along nicely. Valspar

THRIVE .03 Surprisingly livable, this organic hue looks amazing with natural wood tones like teak and maple, making it a good choice to highlight midcentury furniture. Colorhouse Paint

GOT THE GIGGLES 17-25 Infuse a room with happy energy by lacquering an end table or mirror frame in this accent hue. PPG

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Get gorgeous color with grass cloth: Manila Hemp in Kelly Green; Phillip Jeffries

“People are comfortable with green because it’s everywhere in nature. It’s like bringing the outside in. ”

Nancy Evars

Evars + Anderson

DAY JOB Close friends Nancy Evars and Dimitra Anderson are a San Francisco Bay-area design team currently crushing on spring greens like those in this bedroom they designed, left. PICK SMART “Don’t look to the past at avocado (too old and drab) or sage (too safe and limiting),” Nancy says. “Avoid shades with brown in them, such as camo greens, and instead look for greens with yellow and blue undertones. They pair better with the brighter, lighter colors of today, like coral, pink, lavender, and turquoise.” TIME TRAVELER “Use a wide spectrum of greens in a room,” Nancy says. “Sharp greens like chartreuse are a great injection of modern color, and you can replace them after a few years. Softer shades like Kelly green are more versatile and timeless, and you won’t tire of them.”

TUCKED IN Try this for a storage-rich nightstand. Safavieh Bernardo Side Cabinet, $119.99; wayfair.com BRIGHT SPOT Make any posies shine. Ball, Funnel, and Conical vases, $29.50, $39.50; countrycurtains.com SOFT TOUCH Feel like you’re escaping to a lush garden. Fern duvet cover, $260/queen; pineconehill.com Q

Play with our spring palette in a real living room. BHG.com/GetDigital