The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Pine Frost
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9656
Mint for grown-ups
Kennebunkport Green
Benjamin Moore · HC-123
The green of a summer house in Maine
In real rooms
Every room, each colorKennebunkport Green
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersPine Frost is the lighter of the two at LRV 65, 33.7 points above Kennebunkport Green at LRV 31.32. Pine Frost leans cool where Kennebunkport Green reads warm. Both belong to the greens family. For a whole room, Pine Frost is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Kennebunkport Green 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.
Kennebunkport Green is a soft, greyed sage-olive from Benjamin Moore's Historical Colors — the green of hedges seen in shade rather than sun. At LRV 31 it is a true mid-tone: a color, not a neutral, but a gentle one that never shouts.