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Winter Color Palette — Winter Marsh

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

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

This is the palette of a still winter morning, when the air is sharp and everything outside reads in soft, cool tones. Frost Blue leads, a pale wash with just enough grey to feel like breath on a cold window, and Silver Grey sits beside it to keep things quiet and contemporary.

Snow White opens the whole scheme up like fresh light on snow, giving your eye somewhere to rest. Against all that softness, Evergreen brings the first real depth, the color of pine needles half-buried in frost.

Save Deep Pine for the smallest moments, a door, a frame, a single piece of furniture. It anchors the cool palette and keeps it from drifting too pale, the way dark trees give a winter landscape its edge.

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Frost Blue
Dominant
Sherwin-Williams Sleepy Hollow · SW 9145
#B7C9D1
LRV 57
Silver Grey
Secondary
Glidden Solitary State · PPG1009-3
#C4C7C4
LRV 57
Snow White
Base
Valspar Santa's Beard · 8007-6E
#F3F2ED
LRV 89
Evergreen
Support
Rust-Oleum Rainforest Green · 391445
#41594C
LRV 9
Deep Pine
Accent
Benjamin Moore Essex Green · HC-188
#27362E
LRV 6

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Each color matched to the closest real paint in every brand, by ΔE2000. Tap a swatch for its full guide or + to save it — take any SKU to the store, they mix on demand.

Frost Blue
#B7C7CE · LRV 55 · Dominant
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9145 · ΔE 0.82
Behr · N480-2 · ΔE 1.22
Benjamin Moore · AF-575 · ΔE 3.32
Valspar · 4008-3B · ΔE 0.88
PPG / Glidden · PPG1041-4 · ΔE 3.38
Glidden · 30BG 56/045 · ΔE 1.88
Dutch Boy · 433-2DB · ΔE 1.47
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3346 · ΔE 0.82
Dunn-Edwards · DET565 · ΔE 4.24
Magnolia Home · JG-88 · ΔE 4.83
Farrow & Ball · NO. CC6 · ΔE 1.83
Diamond Vogel · 0630 · ΔE 0.89
Hirshfield's · 0630 · ΔE 1.1
Rodda · CA189 · ΔE 4.5
C2 Paint · C2-976 · ΔE 2.86
Clare · PNT100-LT-37 · ΔE 2.81
Portola Paints · PIGEON GRAY · ΔE 4.81
Annie Sloan · LOUIS BLUE · ΔE 3.63
Backdrop · BD-LO · ΔE 5.04
Rust-Oleum · 285139 · ΔE 7.87
Kompozit · 0630 · ΔE 1.1
Silver Grey
#C6C8C5 · LRV 57 · Secondary
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7657 · ΔE 0.79
Behr · N450-2 · ΔE 1.6
Benjamin Moore · 1472 · ΔE 1.27
Valspar · 4003-1B · ΔE 2.09
PPG / Glidden · PPG1009-3 · ΔE 0.71
Glidden · PPG1009-3 · ΔE 0.58
Dutch Boy · 437-2DB · ΔE 1.63
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 1476 · ΔE 0.79
Dunn-Edwards · DEGR65 · ΔE 1.02
Magnolia Home · JG-12 · ΔE 2.37
Farrow & Ball · NO. 270 · ΔE 5.63
Diamond Vogel · 0546 · ΔE 2.12
Hirshfield's · 0531 · ΔE 1.03
Rodda · R061 · ΔE 1.79
C2 Paint · C2-992 · ΔE 2.16
Clare · PNT100-LT-10 · ΔE 3.53
Portola Paints · LUMIERE · ΔE 3.42
Annie Sloan · PARIS GREY · ΔE 5.2
Backdrop · BD-RR · ΔE 6.98
Rust-Oleum · 285139 · ΔE 11.29
Kompozit · 0531 · ΔE 1.03
Snow White
#F2F1EC · LRV 88 · Base
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9623 · ΔE 1.94
Behr · HDC-MD-06 · ΔE 0.81
Benjamin Moore · OC-152 · ΔE 1
Valspar · 8007-6E · ΔE 0.21
PPG / Glidden · PPG1001-1 · ΔE 0.99
Glidden · PPG1001-1 · ΔE 1
Dutch Boy · 004W · ΔE 1.51
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4002 · ΔE 1.88
Dunn-Edwards · DE6225 · ΔE 0.98
Magnolia Home · JG-107 · ΔE 1.04
Farrow & Ball · NO. 239 · ΔE 2.68
Diamond Vogel · 1265 · ΔE 1.02
Hirshfield's · 1265 · ΔE 0.53
Rodda · R001 · ΔE 1.07
C2 Paint · C2-820 · ΔE 1.75
Clare · PNT100-LT-24 · ΔE 3.27
Portola Paints · ORIGAMI · ΔE 1.14
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 14.28
Backdrop · BD-TR · ΔE 2.68
Rust-Oleum · 285140 · ΔE 3.78
Kompozit · 1265 · ΔE 0.53
Evergreen
#3E5A4C · LRV 9 · Support
Sherwin-Williams · SW 16 · ΔE 3.26
Behr · PPF-02 · ΔE 1.85
Benjamin Moore · 602 · ΔE 2.41
Valspar · 5004-4C · ΔE 2.51
PPG / Glidden · PPG1133-7 · ΔE 1.44
Glidden · PPG1133-7 · ΔE 1.44
Dutch Boy · 326-7DB · ΔE 4.92
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2251 · ΔE 4.92
Dunn-Edwards · DEC779 · ΔE 1.47
Magnolia Home · JG-72 · ΔE 5.56
Farrow & Ball · NO. 310 · ΔE 4.57
Diamond Vogel · 0711 · ΔE 4.59
Hirshfield's · H0094 · ΔE 2.87
Rodda · R066 · ΔE 9.1
C2 Paint · C2-693 · ΔE 6.14
Clare · PNT100-DP-55 · ΔE 15.94
Portola Paints · WONDERLAND · ΔE 10.58
Annie Sloan · AUBUSSON BLUE · ΔE 13.37
Backdrop · BD-NE · ΔE 5.45
Rust-Oleum · 391445 · ΔE 1.31
Kompozit · 0459 · ΔE 5.34
Deep Pine
#243A30 · LRV 4 · Accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 2809 · ΔE 6.76
Behr · S-H-780 · ΔE 6.35
Benjamin Moore · HC-188 · ΔE 2.94
Valspar · 6011-5 · ΔE 5.86
PPG / Glidden · PPG0995-7 · ΔE 12.2
Glidden · 00NN 05/000 · ΔE 13.82
Dutch Boy · 331-7DB · ΔE 5.78
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3291 · ΔE 7.23
Dunn-Edwards · DEA002 · ΔE 13.45
Magnolia Home · JG-05 · ΔE 14.16
Farrow & Ball · NO. G18 · ΔE 12.67
Diamond Vogel · H101 · ΔE 12.56
Hirshfield's · 0473 · ΔE 6.61
Rodda · CA210 · ΔE 16.15
C2 Paint · C2-981 · ΔE 12.62
Clare · PNT100-DP-54 · ΔE 13.68
Portola Paints · GHOST TREE · ΔE 11.7
Annie Sloan · AUBUSSON BLUE · ΔE 11.64
Backdrop · BD-AH · ΔE 9.23
Rust-Oleum · 285144 · ΔE 11.87
Kompozit · 0473 · ΔE 6.61

Questions

Why do these winter colors feel so calm together?

They share a cool, muted undertone, so nothing fights for attention. The frost blue and greys hush the room while the two greens add depth without warmth.

How much of the green should I use?

Keep it small. Let the frost blue and snow white carry most of the space, then bring in evergreen and deep pine as roughly one-fifth of the palette for grounding.

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