The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Cedar Grove
Benjamin Moore · 444
Sage that reads at a distance
Pleat
Little Greene · No. 280
Teal in a tweed jacket
46.34
LRV
#AABBA5
Hex
#5F7A75
170 · 187 · 165
RGB
95 · 122 · 117
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Soft sage; a grey-green with a little blue in the shade
Undertone
Deep teal-green with grey; the color of old copper roofs
Greens
Family
Greens
Classics Color Collection
Collection
Colour Scales
In real rooms
Every room, each colorPleat
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersBoth read cool. Both belong to the greens family.
How they read
In their own wordsCedar Grove is a mid-light sage — green enough to be clearly a color from across the room, grey enough never to look minty. At LRV 46 it sits in the sweet spot for a full-room green: it holds its tone in daylight and softens rather than muddies as the light fades.
Pleat is a deep, grey-softened teal from Little Greene — blue-green with enough grey to feel tailored rather than tropical. It is the color of a copper roof that has weathered for a century, and it is one of the best colors there is for tongue-and-groove panelling.