The Color Digest · Compare

Settled, side by side

Pine Frost

Sherwin-Williams · SW 9656

Mint for grown-ups

Pleat

Little Greene · No. 280

Teal in a tweed jacket

65
LRV
#D0D5CB
Hex
#5F7A75
208 · 213 · 203
RGB
95 · 122 · 117
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Pale silvery green; mint with the sugar removed
Undertone
Deep teal-green with grey; the color of old copper roofs
Greens
Family
Greens
Collection
Colour Scales

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read cool. Both belong to the greens family.

How they read

In their own words

Pine 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.

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.

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