Soft Mint vs Pine Needle
Soft Mint is a Behr color while Pine Needle comes from Dulux. Soft Mint reads as blue-green, while Pine Needle reads as green — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. At LRV 77 vs 7, Soft Mint will read as the brighter of the two — a 70-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. The tonal difference — Soft Mint's green character against Pine Needle's cool — becomes most visible against white trim or in morning light. At ΔE 63.0, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Soft Mint vs Pine Needle in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Soft Mint and Pine Needle in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. Soft Mint returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The LRV gap is large enough that Soft Mint will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pine Needle would.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The LRV gap is large enough that Soft Mint will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pine Needle would.
Color Details
Soft Mint vs Pine Needle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Soft Mint on one side and Pine Needle on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Soft Mint comparisons
See how Soft Mint stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 7-point LRV gap (83 vs 77) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 58, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 27, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 55, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 44, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 11-point LRV gap (77 vs 66) makes Soft Mint the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 77 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 77 vs 12, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (77 vs 68) makes Soft Mint the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 77 vs 12, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 45, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.
Soft Mint reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.