Find a couple different hues of green you like in something...a magazine picture, wall paper, clothes,whatever...then find the closest thing you can to it, get a sample and paint it on the wall in a two by two square...watch it in diff light and that will help you decide.

If you sit with a sample book you'll NEVER get it.  Just find a picture you love.  Right now on my calendar there is a wonderful tomato plant with vibrant reds and greens...I could take that and get the green matched at the paint store, or try to do it myself with the sample book.

The walls in my family room are a "sunshine" yellow...I wanted something bright, but not neon, that would blend well with sage green.  Depending on the light it occasionally looks like a light green.

You can do it.  Just find the colors you like in a magazine photo, and go for it...that's easiest.    Most home decor magazines have tons of red, green and gold painted rooms or interiors.

ya, I've been doing that too the last few months.  I even look at catalogs like JcPenney and L.L. Bean etc.  That's how I narrowed it down to golds, greens, reds and tans.  I seem to like those colors best.   Beside that I'm moving away from blues and burgandy which I had in the other house.

My problem is, which color on what wall?  We walked around the main living area last night and may have come up with a plan.  I should just stick to it and not second guess it. 

Did you ever paint a room and then go...."what was I thinking?" 

I did that with kitchen cabinets in my old house.  I had to repaint them almost immediately.  It was like instant dread when I sat back and looked at the finished product.  Thank goodness the next color I was very happy with.  I took a small burgandy wagon into the paint store and they matched it exactly.  Maybe that's what I need to do for my walls. 

My parents recently painted their master bathroom a pretty sick shade of orange...

orange?  Hmmmm maybe Halloween is their favorite holiday? 

Update: 

I called the painter and he was very glad to hear from me.  He thought I was a goner.  I told him my frustrations and he laughed and asked "what is it with you women?"

I guess he has another lady he's dealing with who he has painted her interior in four diff shades of lilac and she's still not happy.  Purple?  That can't be easy. 

He has another lady that he said her house is looking like a patchwork quilt because he has painted squares all over her  walls because she's looking for her perfect shade.

So he's offered to come over and do the same for me.  He's going to slap up a few diff colors for me to live with for a few days.  It will look pretty bad I expect for a while but if it helps.....I'm game.