Every teal I've lived with — honest, long-term diaries, newest first.
HC-145 · Van Courtland BlueThe Historical Collection blue-gray builders quietly reach for on front doors and cabinets, reviewed honestly: the light where it turns true blue, the light where it goes green, and what to pick instead.
HC-187 · Black Forest GreenThe blackened green everyone reaches for instead of black, reviewed honestly: the light it needs to prove it's green, and where it just goes flat.
1634 · Santorini BlueThe blue-gray everyone puts on a kitchen island, reviewed honestly: the light that keeps it blue, the light that turns it flat gray, and what to pick instead.
SW 9141 · WaterlooA deep slate-blue that photographs like navy and lives like gray, reviewed honestly: the light it needs, the room it goes near-black in, and what to pick instead.
2050-10 · SalamanderBenjamin Moore's near-black green-blue chameleon, reviewed honestly: the light that finally lets it read green, and the light that just makes it black.
SW 6218 · TradewindSherwin-Williams' coastal blue-green-gray, reviewed honestly: the light where it glows, the light where it goes flat gray, and why it's suddenly showing up on kitchen cabinets, not just walls.
N430-6A · Hidden GemBehr's 2026 Color of the Year, reviewed honestly: what it actually looks like on a wall, the three rooms where it falls apart, and what to pick instead.
HC-165 · Boothbay GrayThe coastal blue-gray everyone calls a gray, reviewed honestly: how blue it really goes, the rooms where it drains flat, and what to pick instead.
2122-40 · SmokeThe quiet blue-gray everyone calls spa-like, reviewed honestly: the rooms where it stays beautiful, the light that turns it cold, and what to paint instead.
SW 9138 · StardewThe gray that quietly turns blue on the wall, reviewed honestly: the rooms where that is the whole point, the rooms where it backfires, and what to buy instead.