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Winter Color Palette — Winter Snowfall

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

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

Frost Blue
Dominant
Kompozit Polished Cotton · 0629
#C7D4D7
LRV 64
Silver Grey
Secondary
Kompozit Cystern · 0511
#A9B0B6
LRV 43
Snow White
Base
Kompozit Sugar Dust · 0011
#F8F6ED
LRV 92
Evergreen
Support
Kompozit Pleasant Hill · 0459
#4D5A4C
LRV 9
Deep Pine
Accent
Kompozit Silent Sea · 0515
#2A2B2C
LRV 2
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There is a special kind of quiet that comes with the first real snowfall, and this palette tries to bottle it. Frost Blue leads the way as a soft, barely-there wash that feels like cold morning light, while Silver Grey sits just behind it to add a little weight without ever turning gloomy.

Snow White is the breathing room here — keep most of your space in this clean, faintly cool white so the blues and greens have somewhere to land. Then bring in Evergreen as a grounding mid-tone, the way a tree line steadies a white field.

For 2026 the move is restraint, so save Deep Pine for one or two sharp moments and let it do the heavy lifting. Used sparingly, that deepest green turns the whole scheme from pretty to polished.

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.

Frost Blue
#C7D6DD · LRV 65 · Dominant
Kompozit Polished Cotton · 0629 ΔE 1.91
Backdrop Real Real · BD-RR ΔE 13.13
Behr Sky Light View · MQ3-53 ΔE 0.54
Benjamin Moore Heaven on Earth · 1661 ΔE 2.08
Clare Nairobi Blue · PNT100-LT-36 ΔE 4.3
Dunn-Edwards Snow Lodge · DE5799 ΔE 0.9
Farrow & Ball Skylight · No. 205 ΔE 5.99
Magnolia Home Dark Moon · JG-74 ΔE 5.61
PPG / Glidden Bit Of Heaven · 1156-2 ΔE 0.86
Sherwin-Williams Balmy · SW 6512 ΔE 1.75
Valspar Elevation · 8004-39B ΔE 1.75
Silver Grey
#A9B0B3 · LRV 43 · Secondary
Kompozit Cystern · 0511 ΔE 1.6
Backdrop Underdog · BD-UD ΔE 3.97
Behr Flint Smoke · 730F-4 ΔE 2.41
Benjamin Moore Subway Tile · CSP-585 ΔE 1.15
Clare Make Waves · PNT100-MD-43 ΔE 7.97
Dunn-Edwards Castlerock · DE6375 ΔE 3.15
Farrow & Ball Lamp Room Gray · No. 88 ΔE 6.26
Magnolia Home Tranquil Waters · JG-162 ΔE 3.22
PPG / Glidden Mirror Mirror · 1039-3 ΔE 0.82
Sherwin-Williams Uncertain Gray · SW 6234 ΔE 1.1
Valspar Granite Fog · 8006-8C ΔE 2.56
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
Evergreen
#3E5C50 · LRV 9 · Support
Kompozit Pleasant Hill · 0459 ΔE 5.87
Backdrop North End · BD-NE ΔE 6.36
Behr Alpine · QE-40 ΔE 2.55
Benjamin Moore Garden Cucumber · 644 ΔE 1.38
Clare Blackest · PNT100-DP-55 ΔE 16.02
Dunn-Edwards Woodlawn Green · DEC779 ΔE 1
Farrow & Ball Studio Green · No. 93 ΔE 11.09
Magnolia Home Regal Leaf · JG-72 ΔE 5.67
PPG / Glidden Sea Glass · 13-30 ΔE 3.37
Sherwin-Williams Billiard Green · SW 16 ΔE 3.61
Valspar Canadian Fir · 5004-4C ΔE 2.1
Deep Pine
#23362F · LRV 3 · Accent
Kompozit Silent Sea · 0515 ΔE 11.06
Backdrop After Hours · BD-AH ΔE 8.39
Behr Black Suede · S-H-790 ΔE 5.13
Benjamin Moore Essex Green · HC-188 ΔE 1.58
Clare Blackish · PNT100-DP-54 ΔE 12.86
Dunn-Edwards Black · DEA187 ΔE 12.04
Farrow & Ball Pitch Black · No. 256 ΔE 12.27
Magnolia Home Blackboard · JG-05 ΔE 12.37
PPG / Glidden Black Magic · 1001-7 ΔE 12.6
Sherwin-Williams Dark Night · SW 6237 ΔE 8.55
Valspar Fait Accompli · V141-6 ΔE 4.82

Questions

Will frost blue and grey feel too cold together?

Not if you let snow white carry most of the room. Frost blue and silver grey are soft, washed-out shades rather than icy brights, so they read calm instead of chilly. The two green tones add just enough warmth to keep the scheme from feeling clinical.

Where should the deep pine accent go?

Use it in small, deliberate spots — a front door, a single piece of trim, or one painted cabinet. Deep pine is your darkest note here, so a little goes a long way and it makes the lighter frost blue look even cleaner next to it.

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