Pale Pine
PPG1030-2 · #C2C6B2 · LRV 55 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Evergreen Fog30
- 2Clary Sage41
- 3Pale Pine55
- 4Morning Zen60
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Pale Pine, Really?
Pale Pine reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1030-2 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Pale Pine
Pale Pine 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 Pale Pine
At LRV 55, Pale Pine 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 Pale Pine 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 PPG / Glidden PPG1030-2 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 | Holly GlenSW 9678 · Sherwin-Williams | 4.2 | 57 | Color page → |
| Behr | Castle Path730C-3 · Behr | 0.7 | 54 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Grecian Green507 · Benjamin Moore | 0.8 | 54 | Color page → |
| Valspar | UnderstoryT638 · Valspar | 1.3 | 55.1 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Pale PinePPG1030-2 · Glidden | 0.4 | 56 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Colonial Gray422-2DB · Dutch Boy | 3.2 | 54 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Pale Pine within PPG / Glidden'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 #C2C6B2 in HSL space. Pair Pale Pine with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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