The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Window Pane
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6210
Green you can almost see through
Cedar Grove
Benjamin Moore · 444
Sage that reads at a distance
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersWindow Pane is the lighter of the two at LRV 72.24, 25.9 points above Cedar Grove at LRV 46.34. Both read cool. Both belong to the greens family. For a whole room, Window Pane is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Cedar Grove is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsWindow Pane is a pale, silvery green so light — LRV 72 — that in a bright room it reads as a tinted white. The green is there, but it has faded almost to grey, which is what makes it so easy to live with: it cools a room without ever turning it minty.
Cedar Grove is a mid-light sage — green enough to be clearly a color from across the room, grey enough never to look minty. At LRV 46 it sits in the sweet spot for a full-room green: it holds its tone in daylight and softens rather than muddies as the light fades.