Don’t worrywe’re right there with you.

We all need to be pushed out of our color comfort zone every now and then.

The yellowish hue is more unexpected than a brown or black, but still occupies neutral territory.

an olive green manicure with french tips, solid nails, and an abstract swirl finger

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It’ll go with almosteverything, but you won’t see iteverywhere.

Have we convinced you yet?

Scroll on for 15 olivegreen manicure ideasthat’ll take you through late summer, early fall, and beyond.

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Apply three coats to get that rich color, and lock them in with a top coat.

Pick five shades of green and pop one onto the tip of each nail to get the look.

Magnetic Mani

Already in the mood for a full-on autumnal manicure?

close up of nails painted in french tips in different shades of green for each nail

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Consider an olive set in a lush velvet finish.

As a bonus, you’re able to (somewhat) easilyget the look at home.

The slight pink tone to the milky base really helps the swirls pop.

close up of nails painted in olive green magnetic sparkly shade

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Earthy Moment

Spice up a solid olive look with a couple of accent designs.

Olive Glaze

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Chromeinstantly adds interest to any mani, and olive is no exception.

Moody Olive

Channel your moody side with a deep olive mani.

close up of nails painted in olive green swirls with light pink background

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While@melanated.maniused a polish made with real algae (!!)

Abstract Olive Mani

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How cool is this abstract, artsy mani from@aliciatnails?

The niftiest thing about this design is that you don’t have to be exact with your polish placement.

close up of nails painted in olive green shade with white leaf design on two fingers

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Earth-Tone Tips

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Olive green looksbeautifulpaired with other earthy colors.

Grab five shadesgreens, oranges, browns, etc.and paint French tips on each nail.

Gold and Greens

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The best thing about this gold and green look?

close up of nails painted in olive green chrome shade

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As stunning as it is on these trendy stilettos, it could work on just about any length andshape.

Shiny Olive

Sometimes extravagant nail art just isn’t the call.

In those situations, there’s no better option than a super shiny solid olive look.

close up of nails painted in olive green ombre shade with two nails having green color as french tip with negative space beneath tip

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The key to nailing this one is a mega-glossy top coat.

close up of nails painted in dark olive green shade with specks of black

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close up of nails with abstract look, clear polish with each nail having a blob of the olive green color

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close up of nails painted in french tips with each nail in different earth tone color (greens and orange)

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close up of nails painted in shades of olive green with gold details, long and pointy nail shape

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close up of nails painted in swirly design with shades of olive green, orange, red

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close up of nails painted in olive green shade

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close up of nails painted in dark olive green shade with two nails having french tips in same green color

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close up of nails painted in unique french tips with green and white accents

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