The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Pine Frost
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9656
Mint for grown-ups
Catalina Blue
Benjamin Moore · 703
A coastal blue that leans quietly green
In real rooms
Every room, each colorCatalina Blue
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersPine Frost is the lighter of the two at LRV 65, 17 points above Catalina Blue at LRV 48. Both read cool. Pine Frost is a greens, Catalina Blue a blues. For a whole room, Pine Frost is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Catalina Blue is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsPine Frost is a pale, frosted green that reads almost as a tinted white in bright light and as a soft silvery sage in shade. At LRV 65 it is light enough for a whole bedroom yet has enough pigment to feel like a decision. There is no sweetness in it — the grey keeps it cool and quiet.
Despite the name, Catalina Blue lives in the soft territory where blue meets green. It is a muted, sea-glass color — grey enough to stay calm, green enough to feel coastal — that shifts between blue and sage depending on the light it's given.