Decorating decision to make--please help!

Hello, friends! Hope you all had a wonderful Easter.

Today I need your help. This week is a big painting week at my house, and I'm having trouble deciding on a color for my kitchen.

I have made a little progress. Green is my favorite color, so I've decided I want to stay in the green family. The kitchen is currently painted a very neutral color--a dark sage that's on the tan side called Ruskin Room Green by Sherwin Williams.

Here's my kitchen now. In these photos the green looks a good bit brighter than it does in real life, but this will give you an idea of what I'm working with. There's not too much wall space on this end:

Lots of wall space on this end:

I think I want to go a bit lighter and brighter in here, so I'm thinking about Sherwin Williams "Sassy Green."

An alternative would be the next lighter tint, Sherwin Williams Hearts of Palm:

Here's a paint chip of the Sassy Green right on top of my Ruskin Room Green walls. You can see here that the Sassy Green is much greener than the current Ruskin Room Green.