The Perfect Robin’s Egg Blue Paint Color
I few years ago, I went on a quest to find the perfect robin’s egg blue to paint my bedroom walls. It’s such a beautiful subtle pale blue-green. I bought multiple cans of paint… experimenting in patches and washes. In the end, the color was close, but it was never quite warm enough in tone.
Now, fast forward to this week… I was in my garden poking around in my tomato plants, and what did I find but a tiny robin’s egg laying in the dirt. It must have been knocked out of the nest by a raccoon or a menacing scrub jay. I tried to find the nest so I could return it, but no dice. Feeling sad for the birdie-never-to-be, I brought it inside and put it on my window sill… and there I had the idea to match the egg to my paint swatches. So, after some deliberation, I think that it’s closest in tone to Benjamin Moore Antiguan Sky 2040-60. However, if I were going to paint a mid-to-large sized room and wanted to keep the walls light feeling, I would use the color chip one step up on the same card. It’s Benjamin Moore Spring Mint 2040-70. (Remember, paint always looks a bit brighter and more saturated on the wall than it does on the paint chip.) I can’t wait until I have another room to paint Robin’s Egg Blue!
Robin's Egg Blue
Side Note: Martha Stewart also makes a “Robin’s Egg Blue” paint color, but I found it to be a little dark and over-saturated on the wall.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:19 am
What a beautiful little egg.
I am going to paint one of my walls with robin egg blue. And the rest white. What do you think?
I am going to use the Laura Ashley duck egg blue, or maybe Desginers Guild Duck egg blue.
June 10th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Love the color!
June 10th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Polly - it sounds like a great plan to me. I haven’t actually used the Laura Ashley or Designers Guild paints (I’m kind of a Benjamin Moore girl). But, I checked out the swatches and they look like really nice tones. As for the white walls, I think they’ll look great. I might suggest a white with a bit of neutral color to it. Nothing too super-light. I used “White Dove” in my bathroom with a deeper blue-green and it looks amazing. Best of luck with the room!
August 5th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Thanks for the Antiguan Sky suggestion. Five years ago I painted a hallway the wrong Robin’s Egg (too dark, too green)and have lived with it unhappily, but am finally going to repaint. Went and bought a sample of the Antiguan Sky today and it looks like it will be perfect. Appreciate the time and research you saved me!