The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Pleat
Little Greene · No. 280
Teal in a tweed jacket
Pine Frost
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9656
Mint for grown-ups
LRV
65
#5F7A75
Hex
#D0D5CB
95 · 122 · 117
RGB
208 · 213 · 203
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Deep teal-green with grey; the color of old copper roofs
Undertone
Pale silvery green; mint with the sugar removed
Greens
Family
Greens
Colour Scales
Collection
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 wordsPleat 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.
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.