Cottage Green
DE5638 · #DCECDC · LRV 74 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Saybrook Sage45
- 2Soft Fern57
- 3Cottage Green74
- 4Alabaster82
- 5Frosty Lime89
What Color Is Cottage Green, Really?
Cottage Green reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5638 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Cottage Green
Cottage Green is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.
How Lighting Changes Cottage Green
At LRV 74, Cottage Green is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its green undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Cottage Green are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Dunn-Edwards DE5638 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Lighter MintSW 6742 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.7 | 80 | Color page → |
| Behr | Lime Light700E-2 · Behr | 2.4 | 80 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Bath Salts624 · Benjamin Moore | 1.2 | 77 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Minty Delight5006-5A · Valspar | 2.4 | 78.1 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Dewmist DelightPPG1225-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.3 | 81 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Dewmist DelightPPG1225-2 · Glidden | 1.3 | 81 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Cottage Green within Dunn-Edwards's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #DCECDC in HSL space. Pair Cottage Green with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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