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Sage green for this front door?

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24HoursFromTulseHill · 16/02/2026 17:01

We're redecorating the house this year and will paint the hallway a warm light neutral (magnolia by another name) but I'd like to get some colour on the inside of the wooden front door.

We've got this stained glass panel in the door and two matching long panels either side.
It's a darker & lighter green, red, orange & yellow and the bottom colour is a rosey pink.

I was thinking of a light sage green for the surrounding wood but does anyone have any other suggestions?

Sage green for this front door?
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EdinaTheConfessor · 16/02/2026 17:15

I think it would look lovely. I have a sage green front door (although not with such beautiful glass as yours) and I love it.

ShrubRose · 16/02/2026 17:43

Great Idea. You could even go a bit deeper to match that lower leaf. Either way will be gorgeous.

Geneticsbunny · 17/02/2026 09:10

You could go for a warm deep dusky pink to match the bottom of the flower. Or a deep warm terracotta typed pink which would help pick up the orange.

Guavafish1 · 17/02/2026 15:14

Night owl Benjamin Moore

Brownbear88 · 17/02/2026 15:23

Geneticsbunny · 17/02/2026 09:10

You could go for a warm deep dusky pink to match the bottom of the flower. Or a deep warm terracotta typed pink which would help pick up the orange.

I’d go for a pink too to pick out the bottom colour. It’s less common than a sage green door so more surprising I think, sage green would also look nice though

Zebracat · 20/02/2026 19:07

I love sage green, but I don’t think it would work with the green of the glass. I would try to match one of those greens.

BaronessBomburst · 20/02/2026 20:26

I'd do it purple!
What colour is the floor?

CrepuscularCritter · 20/02/2026 20:30

I'm biased, as I have a sage green front door. You mentioned side panels, but not the colour of the main body of the house. We have mellow Victorian brick in terracotta red, and it seems to work with that. White or cream render would work too.

singthing · 20/02/2026 21:03

If your house is an older house (which I assume judging by the stained glass) please don't use that insipid, grey-toned sage green that 409,597 other people have also used. It is so boring and pallid, and not a period colour unless you count the 2020s.

Use a sharp, clear colour that brings out the colour of one of the glass colours. Or even gloss black if the door can take it.

Anything but dreary-grey-green (or its sister death-pallor-grey-pink)

singthing · 20/02/2026 21:03

If your house is an older house (which I assume judging by the stained glass) please don't use that insipid, grey-toned sage green that 409,597 other people have also used. It is so boring and pallid, and not a period colour unless you count the 2020s.

Use a sharp, clear colour that brings out the colour of one of the glass colours. Or even gloss black if the door can take it.

Anything but dreary-grey-green (or its sister death-pallor-grey-pink)

Zonkconk97 · 20/02/2026 21:32

I think Frenchic Victory Lane would be lovely to pick out the darker green

24HoursFromTulseHill · 21/02/2026 11:46

Thanks for your respones everyone.

I'll try out some tester pots of the paler green and the pink in the glass to see if either of them work.

I would love to use a darker colour but as the door is north facing, even with super bright warm light bulbs and a mirror, the hallway is always verging on gloomy so I need to stick to mid-light colours rather than anything deep.

The wall outside the door is that edwardian/victorian browny red so I don't want to paint the door the darker green shade as it will veer into Christmas colours. Repainting the outside of the house a different colour in't something I want to do at the moment.

The floor inside is the original wood - not 100% sure what type, but it ooks like pine with a clear varnish on it.

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