Soft Mint vs Slaked Lime Deep
Soft Mint is a Jotun color while Slaked Lime Deep comes from Little Greene. Soft Mint reads as green-grey, while Slaked Lime Deep reads as beige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Soft Mint has an LRV of 61. The tonal difference — Soft Mint's neutral character against Slaked Lime Deep's red — becomes most visible against white trim or in morning light. At ΔE 10.4, 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 Slaked Lime Deep in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Soft Mint and Slaked Lime Deep 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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Color Details
Soft Mint vs Slaked Lime Deep Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Soft Mint on one side and Slaked Lime Deep 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.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 61), opening up a space where Soft Mint encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (61 vs 52) makes Soft Mint the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 30, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 61 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Soft Mint reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 43, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
Soft Mint reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 61, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 61), opening up a space where Soft Mint encloses it.
Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Soft Mint reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 31, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 7, Soft Mint is decisively the brighter choice.