The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Swiss Coffee
Benjamin Moore · OC-45
The warm white everyone starts with
Pine Frost
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9656
Mint for grown-ups
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersSwiss Coffee is the lighter of the two at LRV 84, 19 points above Pine Frost at LRV 65. Swiss Coffee leans warm where Pine Frost reads cool. Swiss Coffee is a whites, Pine Frost a greens. For a whole room, Swiss Coffee is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Pine Frost is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsSwiss Coffee is the warm white by which other warm whites are measured. With an LRV near 84 it stays bright and open, but a slight yellow-beige undertone keeps it creamy rather than clinical — the look of fresh cream rather than fresh snow.
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.