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Spring Color Palette — Fresh Fern Morning

A soft five-color spring scheme of fern green, blossom pink, buttery yellow, and sky blue, grounded by a warm white — every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Emily Roberts · DIY Editor & First-Timer's Guide

Fern Green
Dominant
Kompozit Perennial Garden · 0759
#87A56F
LRV 33
Blossom Pink
Secondary
Kompozit Rose Shadow · 0082
#F4D6D6
LRV 72
Soft White
Base
Kompozit Sugar Dust · 0011
#F8F6ED
LRV 92
Buttery Yellow
Support
Kompozit Gold Strand · 0812
#F3DFA6
LRV 75
Sky Blue
Accent
Kompozit Blue Bayou · 0615
#B4CCDF
LRV 58
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This is what spring feels like turned into paint. Fern Green does the heavy lifting here, a calm, leafy green that reads modern rather than country, while Soft White keeps everything light and easy to live with.

The fun comes from the smaller players. Blossom Pink adds a gentle warmth, Buttery Yellow brings a little sunshine, and Sky Blue cools the whole thing back down. You only need a touch of each.

For a 2026 take, try the fern green on a wall or a piece of furniture and treat the other three as accents you can swap with the seasons. It is a soft scheme, but the green gives it just enough backbone to feel grown-up.

Buy These Colors

Each color matched to the closest real paint in every brand, by ΔE2000. Kompozit first; take any SKU to the store — these mix on demand.

Fern Green
#7FA06A · LRV 31 · Dominant
Kompozit Perennial Garden · 0759 ΔE 1.89
Backdrop Carry the Two · BD-CT ΔE 17.42
Behr Parakeet · MQ4-47 ΔE 1.88
Benjamin Moore Buckingham Gardens · 545 ΔE 2.63
C2 Paint Savoy Cabbage · BD81 ΔE 7.55
Clare Extra Virgin · PNT100-MD-64 ΔE 8.43
Diamond Vogel Cactus Valley · 0752 ΔE 4.71
Dunn-Edwards Wild Thyme · DE5621 ΔE 2.37
Dutch Boy Botanic Green · 229-5DB ΔE 5.03
Farrow & Ball Yeabridge Green · No. 287 ΔE 4.87
Magnolia Home Countryside · JG-52 ΔE 11.97
PPG / Glidden Leafy Romaine · PPG11-14 ΔE 6.7
Sherwin-Williams Pickle · SW 6725 ΔE 1.38
Valspar Spring Leaves · 5008-6B ΔE 1.4
Blossom Pink
#F3D4D8 · LRV 71 · Secondary
Kompozit Rose Shadow · 0082 ΔE 1.78
Backdrop Cookies & Cream · BD-CC ΔE 18.18
Behr Ole Pink · S170-1 ΔE 1.75
Benjamin Moore Pink Dynasty · 1352 ΔE 0.72
C2 Paint Belle's Nose · BD50 ΔE 2.83
Clare Baby Soft · PNT100-LT-25 ΔE 6.31
Diamond Vogel First Daughter · 1140 ΔE 1.48
Dunn-Edwards Short and Sweet · DE6023 ΔE 1.56
Dutch Boy Pink Lemoncello · 101-3DB ΔE 2.19
Farrow & Ball Pink Ground · No. 202 ΔE 9.63
Magnolia Home Dutch Tulip · JG-34 ΔE 12.64
PPG / Glidden Cradle Pink · 1183-2 ΔE 0.89
Sherwin-Williams Alyssum · SW 6589 ΔE 1.09
Valspar Pink Diamond · 8002-4A ΔE 1.72
Soft White
#F6F4EC · LRV 90 · Base
Kompozit Sugar Dust · 0011 ΔE 0.6
Backdrop Tabula Rasa · BD-TR ΔE 1.42
Behr Decorator White · PWN-10 ΔE 0
Benjamin Moore Mountain Peak White · 2148-70 ΔE 0.92
C2 Paint America's Cup · C2-612 ΔE 0.62
Clare Timeless · PNT100-LT-04 ΔE 0.52
Diamond Vogel Sugar Dust · 0011 ΔE 0.9
Dunn-Edwards Droplets · DEW381 ΔE 1.43
Dutch Boy Ultra White · 002W ΔE 1.18
Farrow & Ball Wimborne White · No. 239 ΔE 1.42
Magnolia Home True White · JG-21 ΔE 1.8
PPG / Glidden Delicate White · PPG1001-1 ΔE 2.21
Sherwin-Williams White Snow · SW 9541 ΔE 0.94
Valspar Ivory Keys · 8007-4A ΔE 0.57
Buttery Yellow
#F4E2A8 · LRV 76 · Support
Kompozit Gold Strand · 0812 ΔE 0.91
Backdrop Cookies & Cream · BD-CC ΔE 9.09
Behr Wickerware · 360C-2 ΔE 1.8
Benjamin Moore Hawthorne Yellow · HC-4 ΔE 0.83
C2 Paint Limerick · C2-592 ΔE 1.62
Clare Lemonade · PNT100-MD-22 ΔE 3.96
Diamond Vogel Gold Strand · 0812 ΔE 0.77
Dunn-Edwards Sugar Cookie · DE5450 ΔE 1.15
Dutch Boy Spritely Green · 122-4DB ΔE 0.75
Farrow & Ball Dayroom Yellow · No. 233 ΔE 2.29
Magnolia Home Ambient Light · JG-38 ΔE 5.27
PPG / Glidden Butterfly Bush · PPG1214-4 ΔE 1.13
Sherwin-Williams Optimistic Yellow · SW 6900 ΔE 0.64
Valspar Dainty Daisy · V018-1 ΔE 0.69
Sky Blue
#AFCBDD · LRV 57 · Accent
Kompozit Blue Bayou · 0615 ΔE 1.61
Backdrop Lost in the 80s · BD-LO ΔE 2.73
Behr Crystal Waters · PPU14-14 ΔE 1.02
Benjamin Moore Blue Bay Marina · 1655 ΔE 4.12
C2 Paint Intuitive · C2-736 ΔE 3.21
Clare Summer Friday · PNT100-LT-37 ΔE 5.89
Diamond Vogel Liam Blue · H044 ΔE 2.58
Dunn-Edwards Blue Calico · DET585 ΔE 3.03
Dutch Boy Tender Blue · 236-3DB ΔE 2.64
Farrow & Ball Blue Ground · No. 210 ΔE 8.21
Magnolia Home Vibrant Horizon · JG-88 ΔE 6.68
PPG / Glidden Flemish Blue · PPG1238-3 ΔE 2.13
Sherwin-Williams Blissful Blue · SW 6527 ΔE 1.78
Valspar Utterly Blue · 4006-7B ΔE 2.24

Questions

Why do these spring colors work together?

They all share a soft, slightly muted quality, so nothing shouts over the rest. The green leads, the pink and yellow warm things up, and the sky blue keeps it feeling fresh instead of sweet.

How much of each color should I use?

Let the fern green lead on the biggest surfaces, lean on the soft white to give your eyes a rest, and save the pink, yellow, and blue for smaller touches like a chair, a door, or a few cushions.

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