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Winter Color Palette — Winter Vale

A cool, quiet five-color winter scheme of frost blue, silver grey, 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 Micropolis · 0472
#556E6B
LRV 14
Deep Pine
Accent
Kompozit Black Licorice · 0529
#3A3B3B
LRV 4
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There is something about a still winter morning — the pale sky, the frost on the glass, the dark line of pines in the distance. This palette bottles that feeling. Frost Blue leads as a soft, cool wash that never feels cold or clinical, and Silver Grey sits just behind it to add a little quiet weight.

Snow White is your base here, and it is doing real work — it keeps everything bright and airy so the cooler tones feel calm rather than gloomy. If you only paint one large surface, make it this one.

For depth, lean on Evergreen as a support color and save Deep Pine for your smallest, most deliberate accents. A 2026 way to use these — a frost blue room, white trim, and a single pine-green built-in or door — feels modern and easy to live with, like winter light coming through a clean window.

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
#C7D6DC · LRV 65 · Dominant
Kompozit Polished Cotton · 0629 ΔE 1.49
Backdrop Real Real · BD-RR ΔE 12.78
Behr Sky Light View · MQ3-53 ΔE 0.24
Benjamin Moore Heaven on Earth · 1661 ΔE 1.84
Clare Nairobi Blue · PNT100-LT-36 ΔE 3.96
Dunn-Edwards Snow Lodge · DE5799 ΔE 1.36
Farrow & Ball Skylight · No. 205 ΔE 5.7
Magnolia Home Dark Moon · JG-74 ΔE 5.36
PPG / Glidden Bit Of Heaven · 1156-2 ΔE 1.13
Sherwin-Williams Balmy · SW 6512 ΔE 1.51
Valspar Elevation · 8004-39B ΔE 1.51
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
#F4F5F2 · LRV 91 · Base
Kompozit Sugar Dust · 0011 ΔE 2.88
Backdrop Tabula Rasa · BD-TR ΔE 3.72
Behr Luster White · W-B-600 ΔE 0.84
Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace · 2121-70 ΔE 1.2
Clare Timeless · PNT100-LT-04 ΔE 2.37
Dunn-Edwards Droplets · DEW381 ΔE 1.57
Farrow & Ball All White · No. 2005 ΔE 2.08
Magnolia Home True White · JG-21 ΔE 1
PPG / Glidden Delicate White · 1001-1 ΔE 0.81
Sherwin-Williams High Reflective White · SW 7757 ΔE 1.49
Valspar Cuddle Down · 8007-6F ΔE 1.44
Evergreen
#5A7268 · LRV 15 · Support
Kompozit Micropolis · 0472 ΔE 3.66
Backdrop Mom Jeans · BD-MJ ΔE 14.09
Behr Cameroon Green · PPU12-17 ΔE 2.36
Benjamin Moore Jack Pine · 692 ΔE 1.04
Clare Current Mood · PNT100-DP-51 ΔE 4.94
Dunn-Edwards Stone Bridge · DE5747 ΔE 3.37
Farrow & Ball Inchyra Blue · No. 289 ΔE 7.68
Magnolia Home Duke Gray · JG-03 ΔE 5.89
PPG / Glidden Evening Emerald · 1144-6 ΔE 3.11
Sherwin-Williams Rocky River · SW 6215 ΔE 2.95
Valspar September Sea · M322 ΔE 2.94
Deep Pine
#2C3B36 · LRV 4 · Accent
Kompozit Black Licorice · 0529 ΔE 8.38
Backdrop After Hours · BD-AH ΔE 5.76
Behr Stealth Jet · 780F-7 ΔE 4.18
Benjamin Moore Waller Green · CW-510 ΔE 5.34
Clare Blackish · PNT100-DP-54 ΔE 10.24
Dunn-Edwards Black · DEA187 ΔE 9.74
Farrow & Ball Pitch Black · No. 256 ΔE 10.04
Magnolia Home Blackboard · JG-05 ΔE 10.41
PPG / Glidden Black Magic · 1001-7 ΔE 10.08
Sherwin-Williams Rookwood Shutter Green · SW 2809 ΔE 2.75
Valspar Forest Canopy · 5010-1 ΔE 3.99

Questions

Why do these winter colors work together?

They all share a cool, slightly muted feeling, so they read as one calm family instead of clashing. The blue and the greens come from the same chilly side of the color wheel, and the white and grey give your eye a place to rest in between.

How do I use them in a room?

Let the soft frost blue lead and keep the snow white as your big quiet backdrop. Use silver grey to bridge them, then add evergreen and deep pine in small doses — think a door, some trim, or a few accents — so the dark greens feel like an accent, not the whole story.

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