Recommendation for a F and B green for a front door...

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Hello!
I'm looking for advice about choosing a colour for our new front door. The style is panelled 1930's wooden with a window in the top third. The front door is pretty much north facing - should I take the light into account when choosing a colour?
I fancy a green. The carpenter says pick any well known brand and he will colour match it to the special door paint.
Who knows a good colour or has a green front door?

Card room green is lovely.

Farrow and Ball do sooo many lovely greens, it’s difficult to choose!

I was tempted to paint my front door Green Smoke a while ago, but this was vetoed by DH for being too classy 🤷‍♀️ I think it’d look great on a 1930 style door though!

This is not my house (unfortunately!) but here is Green Smoke in action. It’s lovely next to brick

I think even more so than the light, I’d consider what’s around your door and pick a colour that goes with that. Are the walls brick, stone, or rendered? Are there lots of plants around the front door? What’s on the ground, etc

Crazzzycat, there's red brick around it, and there will be loads of green plants around too. The current pavement is grim concrete pavers, but will maybe be sandstone one day.
For a north facing door, should I chose a warmer green than otherwise?

This is just my theory, so I could be completely wrong, but I think that this thing of choosing warmer shades for anything north facing is much more relevant indoors than outdoors. It’s not nice to look at a very cold looking wall colour all day, but it’s much less of an issue with a front door.

Saying that, I don’t actually think that a colour like Green Smoke would look particularly cold. I tried a tester in my north facing bedroom and it looked fine there. I think if you go for a much warmer green, such as Bancha, you run the risk that it might not look that good with your bricks.

Do you have time to get a tester, or two? That would be the best way to see what a colour looks like in your setting. Only thing to remember is that testers are emulsion. If you use gloss paint outdoors, the colour will be a shade or 2 lighter. One of the many reasons why picking a front door colour is so hard!

This is our door, paint is Sandtex Bay Tree

My parents have a red brick house with N facing front and have Studio Green. It’s really dark but looks amazing, very smart. Depends whether you want a smart formal look or a more laid back country style.

Vert de Terre is also a lovely soft sagey green with yellow/warm undertones.

Thanks, I'll have a look at those. I'm probably after a mid to lighter green than too dark, but maybe I'll get a tester pot anyway!