Frosted Emerald
With a focus on versatile tones, Frosted Emerald (9035) is a standout Green in our database. It was selected for this featured gallery for its ability to add character and warmth to any space. See it applied across 10 real world scenarios and find professional pairing data below.
Hex
#78B185
LRV
37.30
Frosted Emerald's Color Strip
Frosted Emerald is the fourth shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Vegan and Eco Green. The strip spans from Jocular Green at the lightest end to Derbyshire at the deepest. Color strip 152 groups these shades together so you can see how each reads next to its neighbors.
Frosted Emerald in Real Rooms
Frosted Emerald has a medium-high LRV of 37.3 — present enough to register on the wall without making a room feel heavy. It's neutral in temperature and , making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the Green family, the photos below show it applied in a bathroom, home office, bedroom, dining room, front door, mudroom, kitchen, patio, living room and house.
1 Bathroom Photo
Frosted Emerald is the perfect "clean" color for a bathroom that still wants to feel cozy. It lacks the clinical coldness of a pure white but retains a sense of hygiene and order that is essential for a space dedicated to self-care and grooming.
Frosted Emerald — wabi-sabi bathroom
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1 Home Office Photo
To create a "library" feel in your home office, use Frosted Emerald on both the walls and the built-in shelving. This monochromatic approach creates a sophisticated, academic atmosphere that makes the room feel like a true destination for thought.
Sherwin-Williams Frosted Emerald in a unique home office
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1 Bedroom Photo
Frosted Emerald has a unique ability to make a bedroom feel larger yet more intimate at the same time. By softening the "edges" of the room, the walls seem to move back, while the warmth of the tone makes the bed feel like a safe, protected island in the center of the space.
A art deco bedroom painted in Frosted Emerald
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1 Dining Room Photo
Frosted Emerald encourages conversation. Its calm, grounded presence creates a sense of safety and comfort that allows guests to relax and stay at the table longer, which is the ultimate goal of any well-designed dining area.
Frosted Emerald paint in a elegant dining room
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1 Front Door Photo
Using Frosted Emerald for the front door allows the hardware to be the "jewelry" of the house. Whether you choose a modern long-bar handle or a traditional knocker, the color provides the perfect stage for the metalwork to shine.
cottagecore front door featuring Frosted Emerald by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Mudroom Photo
The depth of Frosted Emerald is a secret weapon against the "dirty" look that many light-colored mudrooms eventually suffer from. It retains its freshness and intentionality even when it's not perfectly clean, which is essential for an active family.
Frosted Emerald paint in a earthy mudroom
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1 Kitchen Photo
Kitchens are often the noisiest rooms in the house; Frosted Emerald provides the visual equivalent of acoustic dampening. Its steady, calm presence helps lower the "volume" of the room, creating a more pleasant environment for cooking and conversation.
Frosted Emerald — minimalist kitchen
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1 Patio Photo
Outside, Frosted Emerald takes on a completely different life. Whether on deck boards, patio furniture, a fence, or a garden wall, it weathers beautifully and holds its character in open light. It is a natural companion to stone, weathered wood, and greenery.
mediterranean patio featuring Frosted Emerald by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Living Room Photo
Frosted Emerald works harder than it looks in a living room environment. Whether the space gets direct southern sun or stays north-facing and dim, the color finds its specific register — neither receding into the background nor demanding the spotlight. It acts as a sophisticated backdrop that makes every piece of furniture or art placed in front of it look immediately more considered and curated.
A scandinavian living room painted in Frosted Emerald
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1 House Photo
Frosted Emerald on an exterior reads differently at different scales: approachable up close, commanding from the street. It works especially well on houses with good trim detail, where the contrast between wall and trim can do real visual work.
Frosted Emerald — scandinavian house
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Coordinating Colors
Spinach White reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 37), opening up a space where Frosted Emerald encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 37, Drift of Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Frosted Emerald reads slightly lighter (LRV 37 vs 28), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Trim Color
Spinach White reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 37), opening up a space where Frosted Emerald encloses it.
Similar Colors
A 6-point LRV gap (37 vs 32) makes Frosted Emerald the marginally brighter of the two.
Frosted Emerald reads slightly lighter (LRV 37 vs 32), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (47 vs 37) makes Vegan the marginally brighter of the two.
Rally Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 37 and 36, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 37 vs 35), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Lark Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 40 vs 37), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Picnic reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (42 vs 37) makes Mesclun Green the marginally brighter of the two.
Complementary Colors
A 9-point LRV gap (37 vs 28) makes Frosted Emerald the marginally brighter of the two.
Spangle reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 37), opening up a space where Frosted Emerald encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (37 vs 28) makes Frosted Emerald the marginally brighter of the two.
Frosted Emerald reflects far more light (LRV 37 vs 13), opening up a space where Vigorous Violet encloses it.
At LRV 37 vs 13, Frosted Emerald is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 37, Euphoric Lilac is decisively the brighter choice.
Novel Lilac reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lighter Colors
At LRV 63 vs 37, Reclining Green is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (47 vs 37) makes Vegan the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
A 6-point LRV gap (37 vs 32) makes Frosted Emerald the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 37 vs 19, Frosted Emerald is decisively the brighter choice.