Using a monochromatic color scheme in a room with a hunter green carpet unifies the look and feel of the room. Combine a hunter green carpet with a different shade of green on your walls to create a monochromatic scheme. For example, paint your walls in either green, yellow-green, mint, olive or blue-green. LIkewise, you can choose two or more colors to paint stripes on your walls.
Cool colors include shades of violet, blue and green. Cool colors create a soothing impression in a room. A cool color that goes well with hunter green is the shade of blue that's directly beside it on the color wheel, also known as an analogous color. Selecting the shade located beside hunter green, which would be a dark navy, creates a serene and comfortable design that's harmonious and pleasing to the eye.
You don't have to paint your walls with one color when decorating with a hunter green carpet. Another option is to create a triadic color scheme, or colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel. For example, you can paint your walls with hunter green, violet and yellow-orange. One way to use these colors is to paint stripes by alternating these colors on your walls, which creates a vibrant look and feel in a room.
Neutral colors, which match well and easily with other colors, include beige, brown, gray, black and white. Neutral colors that go well in a room with hunter green carpet are any shade of beige, brown or white. Any of these neutral colors can help to put the focus on the color of your carpet. Paint your walls in one neutral color.