Green Wall Art Prints

Green is the easiest colour to live with on a wall, and the easiest to get wrong. Most green wall art fails because the green is too bright, too even, and wants all the attention in the room. Everything on this page is painted in the greens plants actually are: sage that leans grey, olive with a touch of brown in it, eucalyptus that is half blue. Those greens sit back. They calm a room down instead of decorating it.

The page holds four kinds of work. The largest is leaves: eucalyptus and olive branch triptychs in sage, eucalyptus pairs, and sets of four tropical and monstera leaf prints for a gallery wall. Next are the soft abstracts, where green is the colour and not the subject, like a sage sunburst in three panels, a mid-century eucalyptus print and a boho desert sun. Then the succulents and terrariums, small, close-looking pictures that suit a patio door or a sunny kitchen. Last, the green-and-blue striped hydrangea sets, which are as much coastal as botanical.

Sage, olive or eucalyptus: which green?

Go by the wall, not the print. Against white or warm cream, any of them works, and sage reads the softest. Against grey, choose the eucalyptus prints, because their blue undertone matches a cool wall where an olive would look muddy. On a green wall, a darker or more graphic print, such as the tropical leaf set, keeps the art from disappearing into the paint. With wood, rattan and linen, olive is the one that looks as if it was always there.

Which room suits green wall art?

Bedrooms first. Sage and eucalyptus are quiet colours to wake up to, and a three-panel set above a bed fills the width a headboard leaves. Living rooms take the triptychs and the abstracts above a sofa. Bathrooms and powder rooms suit the single leaf prints and the pairs, because they hold up at close range and green looks at home next to white tile.

For a softer palette, see blue wall art and the coastal and beach prints, or bathroom wall art for small-wall pieces. Every green design is printed to order on heavy matte paper in seven sizes, 5x7 up to 16x20 in, and shipped unframed.