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Winter Color Palette — Winter Tide

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

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

Frost Blue
Dominant
Kompozit Serene Setting · 0622
#C5D2D9
LRV 63
Silver Grey
Secondary
Kompozit Marseilles · 0525
#B7BBBB
LRV 49
Snow White
Base
Kompozit White Shoulders · 1265
#F1F0EC
LRV 87
Evergreen
Support
Kompozit Green Column · 0466
#465149
LRV 8
Deep Pine
Accent
Kompozit Silent Sea · 0515
#2A2B2C
LRV 2
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This is the feeling of a still winter morning, before anyone has walked across the snow. Frost Blue leads the way — a soft, dusty sky-blue that holds light beautifully — with Silver Grey beside it like breath on cold glass. Together they set a hushed, contemporary tone that feels fresh rather than chilly.

Snow White is the quiet base here, just warm enough to keep everything from tipping into sterile. Then the greens arrive — a grounded Evergreen and a near-black Deep Pine — bringing the forest at the edge of the snowfield indoors. They give the palette its weight and its calm.

Lean on the frost blue and snow white across your largest surfaces, then let the pines pool in the corners — a single deep wall, some trim, a low chair. The result feels serene and modern, the kind of cool quiet you want to come home to in winter.

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
#C5D4DC · LRV 64 · Dominant
Kompozit Serene Setting · 0622 ΔE 0.84
Backdrop Real Real · BD-RR ΔE 13.47
Behr Polar Drift · PPU14-17 ΔE 2.33
Benjamin Moore Lake Placid · 827 ΔE 2.09
Clare Nairobi Blue · PNT100-LT-36 ΔE 4.74
Dunn-Edwards Polished Silver · DE5820 ΔE 1.56
Farrow & Ball Skylight · No. 205 ΔE 6.24
Magnolia Home Dark Moon · JG-74 ΔE 5.83
PPG / Glidden Sentimental Lady · 1159-2 ΔE 0.53
Sherwin-Williams Mild Blue · SW 6533 ΔE 1.93
Valspar Tinsel Beam · 4005-3A ΔE 0.8
Silver Grey
#B7BBBC · LRV 49 · Secondary
Kompozit Marseilles · 0525 ΔE 0.56
Backdrop Underdog · BD-UD ΔE 5.74
Behr French Silver · PPU18-05 ΔE 0.62
Benjamin Moore Blue Springs · 1592 ΔE 1.42
Clare Greige · PNT100-LT-13 ΔE 7
Dunn-Edwards Covered in Platinum · DE6367 ΔE 1.47
Farrow & Ball Light Blue · No. 22 ΔE 4.21
Magnolia Home Day-to-day · JG-123 ΔE 2.73
PPG / Glidden Gray Stone · 1009-4 ΔE 2.73
Sherwin-Williams Monorail Silver · SW 7663 ΔE 1.14
Valspar Voyage · 4006-1B ΔE 1.83
Snow White
#F2F1EC · LRV 88 · Base
Kompozit White Shoulders · 1265 ΔE 0.53
Backdrop Tabula Rasa · BD-TR ΔE 2.68
Behr Nano White · HDC-MD-06 ΔE 0.81
Benjamin Moore Super White · OC-152 ΔE 1
Clare Wing It · PNT100-LT-24 ΔE 3.27
Dunn-Edwards Fossil · DE6225 ΔE 0.98
Farrow & Ball Wimborne White · No. 239 ΔE 2.78
Magnolia Home Silos White · JG-107 ΔE 1.04
PPG / Glidden Delicate White · 1001-1 ΔE 1
Sherwin-Williams Extra White · SW 7006 ΔE 1.11
Valspar Santa's Beard · 8007-6E ΔE 0.21
Evergreen
#3E5249 · LRV 8 · Support
Kompozit Green Column · 0466 ΔE 3.69
Backdrop North End · BD-NE ΔE 3.16
Behr Dark Everglade · HDC-CL-21A ΔE 2.11
Benjamin Moore Hidden Falls · 714 ΔE 3.37
Clare Blackest · PNT100-DP-55 ΔE 12.75
Dunn-Edwards Lunar Eclipse · DE5776 ΔE 7.43
Farrow & Ball Studio Green · No. 93 ΔE 7.2
Magnolia Home Cottage Grove · JG-161 ΔE 7.62
PPG / Glidden Pine Forest · 1134-7 ΔE 3.76
Sherwin-Williams Rock Garden · SW 6195 ΔE 2.82
Valspar Devon Green · T607 ΔE 1.38
Deep Pine
#26352E · LRV 3 · Accent
Kompozit Silent Sea · 0515 ΔE 9.81
Backdrop After Hours · BD-AH ΔE 7.34
Behr Black Suede · S-H-790 ΔE 4
Benjamin Moore Essex Green · HC-188 ΔE 0.61
Clare Blackish · PNT100-DP-54 ΔE 11.79
Dunn-Edwards Black · DEA187 ΔE 10.76
Farrow & Ball Pitch Black · No. 256 ΔE 10.94
Magnolia Home Blackboard · JG-05 ΔE 11.36
PPG / Glidden Black Magic · 1001-7 ΔE 11.41
Sherwin-Williams Tricorn Black · SW 6258 ΔE 10.12
Valspar Nocturnal Green · 5011-1 ΔE 6.84

Questions

Why do these cool colors feel calm instead of cold?

The frost blue and silver grey are soft and dusty rather than icy, and the warm snow white keeps the whole scheme breathable. The greens add depth so the palette reads quiet and restful, not clinical.

How do I use the dark greens without making a room feel heavy?

Keep evergreen and deep pine to smaller doses — one moody wall, cabinetry, or a few accents — and let the frost blue and snow white carry most of the space. That way the depth grounds the room rather than closing it in.

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