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Winter Color Palette — Evergreen Frost

A quiet five-color winter scheme pairing deep pine and evergreen with frost blue, silver grey, and snow white — every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By David Chen · Formulation Lead & Resident Chemist

Deep Pine
Dominant
Kompozit Atlantic Waves · 0473
#264243
LRV 5
Evergreen
Secondary
Kompozit Pleasant Hill · 0459
#4D5A4C
LRV 9
Snow White
Base
Kompozit Sugar Dust · 0011
#F8F6ED
LRV 92
Frost Blue
Support
Kompozit Polished Cotton · 0629
#C7D4D7
LRV 64
Silver Grey
Accent
Kompozit Beacon Fog · 0490
#9CAAAC
LRV 39
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Think of winter air just after snowfall — the way everything goes still and the color drains out to a few deep, quiet notes. This scheme captures that feeling with Deep Pine as the anchor and a softer Evergreen layered just above it, so the green has depth instead of sitting flat on the wall.

Against those forest tones, Snow White does the heavy lifting and keeps the room breathing, while Frost Blue adds the faint chill you see on a cold windowpane. A touch of Silver Grey ties it all together like bare branches against a pale sky.

For 2026 this reads less like a holiday palette and more like a calm, year-round retreat. Use the greens low and grounded, let Snow White take the ceilings and trim, and save the blue and grey for small moments where you want the eye to rest.

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.

Deep Pine
#274238 · LRV 5 · Dominant
Kompozit Atlantic Waves · 0473 ΔE 5.97
Backdrop After Hours · BD-AH ΔE 9.81
Behr Black Swan · 710F-7 ΔE 4.74
Benjamin Moore Hunter Green · 2041-10 ΔE 1.46
Clare Blackish · PNT100-DP-54 ΔE 14.03
Dunn-Edwards Deep Pine · DEA180 ΔE 4.74
Farrow & Ball Pitch Black · No. 256 ΔE 14.88
Magnolia Home Moments · JG-150 ΔE 19.33
PPG / Glidden Dark As Night · 14-05 ΔE 9.37
Sherwin-Williams Roycroft Bottle Green · SW 2847 ΔE 4.74
Valspar Midsummer Night · 8003-37G ΔE 3.64
Evergreen
#3E5C4F · LRV 9 · Secondary
Kompozit Pleasant Hill · 0459 ΔE 5.83
Backdrop North End · BD-NE ΔE 6.29
Behr Alpine · QE-40 ΔE 2.51
Benjamin Moore Garden Cucumber · 644 ΔE 1.83
Clare Blackest · PNT100-DP-55 ΔE 16.22
Dunn-Edwards Woodlawn Green · DEC779 ΔE 1.27
Farrow & Ball Studio Green · No. 93 ΔE 11.27
Magnolia Home Regal Leaf · JG-72 ΔE 5.78
PPG / Glidden Royal Hunter Green · 1133-7 ΔE 2.28
Sherwin-Williams Billiard Green · SW 16 ΔE 3.7
Valspar Billiard Room · 5005-6C ΔE 2.22
Snow White
#F4F6F5 · LRV 92 · Base
Kompozit Sugar Dust · 0011 ΔE 3.89
Backdrop Tabula Rasa · BD-TR ΔE 4.76
Behr Luster White · W-B-600 ΔE 1
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace · 2121-70 ΔE 2.02
Clare Fresh Kicks · PNT100-LT-03 ΔE 1.35
Dunn-Edwards Cascading White · DEW394 ΔE 2.54
Farrow & Ball All White · No. 2005 ΔE 2.62
Magnolia Home True White · JG-21 ΔE 1.97
PPG / Glidden Delicate White · 1001-1 ΔE 1.71
Sherwin-Williams High Reflective White · SW 7757 ΔE 2.47
Valspar New Ream · V148 ΔE 2.03
Frost Blue
#C5D6DB · LRV 65 · Support
Kompozit Polished Cotton · 0629 ΔE 1.54
Backdrop Real Real · BD-RR ΔE 12.84
Behr Sky Light View · MQ3-53 ΔE 1.11
Benjamin Moore Heaven on Earth · 1661 ΔE 1.01
Clare Nairobi Blue · PNT100-LT-36 ΔE 2.95
Dunn-Edwards Falling Tears · DE5792 ΔE 1.59
Farrow & Ball Skylight · No. 205 ΔE 5.91
Magnolia Home Dark Moon · JG-74 ΔE 5.65
PPG / Glidden Sky Diving · 1035-2 ΔE 1.92
Sherwin-Williams Balmy · SW 6512 ΔE 0.8
Valspar Elevation · 8004-39B ΔE 0.8
Silver Grey
#9DA6A7 · LRV 37 · Accent
Kompozit Beacon Fog · 0490 ΔE 2.18
Backdrop Nuevo · BD-NU ΔE 5.29
Behr Casual Gray · BNC-17 ΔE 4.38
Benjamin Moore Cobblestone Path · 1606 ΔE 0.94
Clare Set In Stone · PNT100-LT-15 ΔE 3.09
Dunn-Edwards Baby Seal · DE6361 ΔE 2.9
Farrow & Ball Manor House Gray · No. 265 ΔE 4.86
Magnolia Home Vintage Weathervane · JG-137 ΔE 3.99
PPG / Glidden Stepping Stone · 1010-4 ΔE 3.2
Sherwin-Williams Network Gray · SW 7073 ΔE 2.1
Valspar Cloud Mountain · V115-2 ΔE 1.16

Questions

Will deep pine make a north-facing room feel cold?

It can if you let it stand alone, since north light is already cool. The fix is built into this scheme. Snow White on the trim and ceiling bounces light back, and the warm green undertone in Evergreen keeps Deep Pine from reading as a flat, icy slab.

How much of each color should I use?

Lean on Snow White for most of the space, then bring in Deep Pine and Evergreen on one feature wall or the lower third of the room. Keep Frost Blue and Silver Grey as small, quiet touches so the greens stay the story.

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