chartreuse!

i have a crush on a color. that color is chartreuse.

the color is named after the yellow-green french liquor,

but i see it everywhere in my garden - it's often the color of new growth in spring.

chartreuse foliage left to right from top:
gold lace juniper, euonymus, euphorbia, fir tree (?),  chardonnay pearls
deutzia, coral bells snow angel, red twig dogwood, abelia bronze anniversary

it also happens to go with a surprising variety of other colors, and it was the answer to a tough problem in our new screen porch. what would pop with pine, white, haint blue, dark gray, medium gray and coral, the colors both inside and around the porch? i tried a few colors and finally got up the nerve to paint both doors to the screen porch in sherwin williams chartreuse.

doors are sherwin williams chartreuse

chartreuse in 'urbane bronze' mudroom

sherwin williams 'chartreuse' against 'sticks and stones' walls 

how can such a bright color be so calming? the sherwin williams shade is somehow too mellow to be neon. the feel is modern, but the color is in the company's historic collection. it's perfection in a color.