AIBU to think teal is an awful choice for interiors?

I have De Nimes by F&B in my cloakroom and although it’s not teal, it’s in the same family of colours. However it’s a more muted look and is fantastic. What Sophie chose was just too bright and wrong for the property. It was fairly obvious who would win when the jungle look was chosen by Sophie and the snake wallpaper would give children nightmares!

I don't like the colour at all. It seems a fuddy-duddy colour like in the sort of outdoorsy clothes that appeal to women who wear purple or teal fleeces.

Weird. I might start a thread stating I hate the colour orange. On second thoughts, who cares?

I like teal but I prefer light colours on my walls. Dd has her bedroom painted in a dark teal, including the ceiling and she loves it.

I love teal.

Purple and red walls are what make my body shudder!!!

Disagree- teal and other petrol shades can look absolutely stunning when done well. Endless teal walls are not going to look good but an accent wall in teal with petrol coloured accessories and maybe some peacock feather shades would look stunning

yes! ‘Barclays blue’ is not teal. Trust me I know as I had to dress head to foot in it in the 80’s

It's beautiful. In my lounge, I have one small wall covered with a teal japanese garden theme wallpaper (it's a small area, just the chimney breast) , it is absolutely stunning. The rest of the walls are white so it really pops. If you style it right it's lovely, but like anything, too much of it and it would be a no no.

We have a teal sofa , pale yellow walls (not cream ,)

I cover a dark teal Nissan but I don't trust green cars ( superstitious) I could convince myself they are blue though ,if I bought one ?

Teal is one of my favourite colours!

Haha I feel this way about sage green! Anywhere between a grey-green and mint green!
My late grandmother was the same - virtually every room in her house ended up a variation of light green!

I do like Teal, but mostly for clothes - I find it a bit dark for walls.

Teal goes amazingly with more 'Robust' yellows.
My DD has F&B India yellow (ochre) colour drenched walls and ceiling (high ceiling) with teal/ turquoise chair bed and curtains, with pink accents. It looks great.

She's only 8 once, so why not.

Ha ha! I was on the Barclays grad scheme. Totally different shade of turquoise 😉

I love teal.

We live in a south facing Thatched cottage and have a navy blue bedroom (white ceiling) and used to have a dark blue sitting room. Love a dark room. I'd be very happy with teal.

I love the colour. My parent's vicar lived in a tiny terraced house. The front room was teal and lined with books. I'd always thought dark walls don't work in small rooms, but this was gorgeous. With a fire and lamps lit on a wintry day it was so cosy. And in the summer it felt leafy and cool.

I had a teal sofa but gave it to DS when he got a flat of his own. I miss it.

You've decorated your home in a gross and appaling colour - but no offence meant!

I love teal because it's the colour of the sea on a sunny day!

But only as an accent colour, so if you are talking walls then YANBU.

I love teal.

And it's perfectly ok for you to dislike it. No one is making you use it in your home and no one is making you buy a house that uses it (though obviously it's easy to paint over).

It's weird to make a thread to dis a colour you don't like. Very main-character-energy to presume people should adapt their colour choices to suit your tastes.

Product design and marketing professionals are not stupid and don't make choices that leave them with a disproportionate amount of unsold stock. Teal is found in a lot of products because a lot of people like it.

To each her own, I reckon.

@Overtheatlantic I LOVE red walls LOL! I adore dark coloured walls generally (we have high ceilings). Was coming on to say everyone likes different stuff. :)

I agree but then I dislike any colour other than almond white on walls. Red walls are the worst though.

You do realise it's impossible to paint your walls teal, don't you? It will be "Toy Box" or "Sludgy Sea" or "Squirrel's Fart" without a doubt

I have a teal sofa and armchair. I love the colour but it would be too dark on the walls.

I have one teal room now. Used to have one teal wall in the lounge of our old house. My bridesmaids were in teal. It's lovely! But each to their own. I can't stand white walls, they always just look clinical and boring to me regardless of anything else in the room. I have none anywhere in my whole house. But I have no problem accepting lots of other people think they look nice.

I have teal in one bedroom and I love the colour but on its own I think it looks a bit dated. With terracotta or red it looks a bit more modern but I’m surprised people are still decorating with it as I bought the teal accessories 15 years ago 🙈

We used to have a huge, light living room with enormous windows that had mid-teal walls, it looked wonderful, day and night. It works well in a small room too, such as a bathroom or cloakroom, or as an accent wall.
I should add that I don't like really deep teal at all.