I love the Sherwin Williams bamboo shoot. That would be my choice. I like the baby turtle in a den or living room but, for me, the bamboo shoot will compliment the cabinets so much more. You get the complimentary color to the cherry with the green in bamboo shoot.

Hi jnh896, I usually get a 3' by 24' poster board and paint it fully with 2 coats of the color I am considering. You can buy a sample size at most paint stores now. Paint 1 board for each sample. When dry, you can carry the large board around the room in different lights. You can better choose then. Never select colors from small swatches. Good luck!

Here is a link that might be useful: that home site

My BT read brown until I loaded the room back in at which point all of the brown from the furniture made the room finally read a great shade of subtle sophisticated green. Having cherry next to it will only intensify the green in the BT.

So if BS already looks green to you - it will only look more green against the cherry.

How green to you want your island to appear?

Two different benjamin moore paint consultants recommended Baby Turtle as a great color to make my medium cherry kitchen cabinets "pop" ( in my new construction home). I am still not sure either and wish I could find some pictures of Baby Turtle in a kitchen. Good Luck with your choice.

This is my baby turtle kitchen (I've posted this picture before, sorry if you've already seen it). My cabinets are not cherry (unfortunately), but hopefully this gives you an idea.

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This is before new counters and refrigerator, but the color is more accurate on my monitor.
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Thank you everyone for the pictures and replies. Your homes are lovely.

I can't believe how green the Baby Turle looks. Seems like a good choice either way. It doesn't help that DH prefers one and I like the other. :) Off to make sample boards I go!

Both the Bamboo Shoot and Baby Turtle seem like they would compliment your kitchen nicely.

jillinnj-Do you find that your kitchen walls take on a more khaki or brown hue in different times of the day? Which direction does your kitchen face?

In my kitchen, the baby turtle is maybe more brown at night. The kitchen faces east, but it gets light from surrounding rooms including adjacent family room that has windows on 3 walls. I do just love the color in my kitchen. It has made my orangey oak cabinets tolerable.

my kitchen has a chair rail the top half of the wall is painted with Panacea what color would compliment the bottom half. We have tried many colors but none seem to work