I don’t know how to describe Google’s green, or “Pistachio” color, for the base Pixel 11. It makes me feel some type of way, and photos don’t do it justice.
Google has found a niche with its design philosophy, and it shows up in Android with Material 3 Expressive, but also in hardware. It’s nothing new, and the Pixel has shown its true colors for generations with some amazing tones throughout the series. Sometimes, there’s an outlier, though.
Pistachio is a Pixel 11 exclusive. The Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL both come in a green color called Olive. The green Pixel 11 Pro looks great, while the Pixel 11’s Pistachio option just looks meh.
Something about it is just too muted, like the saturation was sucked out of it. It doesn’t look like Pistachio – it looks like old avocado. That’s all I can see now. If you slapped a brown Qi2 grip on the back, you’d have the full fruit.
I prefer the matte side rails the Pixel 11 has over the Pro model, as much as I’m giving it trouble. The gold-like glossy sides play well with Olive, but the shiny silver on the Frost version looks a bit generic. The matte Obsidian, on the other hand, is an undisputable win.
