Pine green

Where it sits

Deep Winter palette

Pine green is an anchor color in Deep Winter. Nothing on the same side of the warm–cool line comes within twenty points of it; the nearest is Spruce blue-green #3E7A72 in True Summer at 20. That makes it a clean test. If it suits you, you are in this palette.

Green is a hard color for cool seasons because most greens carry yellow. Pine green does not. It is built from blue and a little green, which keeps it on the cool side of the line and lets it sit next to Deep Winter's cool blue-red and blackened navy without looking out of place. On a Deep Winter it reads as rich. On an Autumn it reads as cold.

Nothing on the cool side comes close to it. True Summer's spruce blue-green is twenty points away, lighter and greyer. The Winters' cool charcoal is twenty-six. That makes pine green a reliable test: if it suits you near the face, you are very probably a Deep Winter or close to it. The other Winters can wear it, True Winter more easily than Bright Winter, but neither lists it.

The confusion runs across the temperature line. Dark Autumn's deep teal is thirteen points away and the same depth, with a touch of yellow that reads warm on skin. True Autumn's warm teal is twenty points away and greener. Both look like pine green in a product photograph. Neither looks like it on a person.

Easily confused with

Dark Autumn's deep teal is the one it gets mistaken for, thirteen points away and warm. True Autumn's warm teal is further and warmer still. On the cool side, True Summer's spruce blue-green is the nearest and is lighter and greyer. The thing to check in a garment is yellow: pine green has none, and a green that looks even slightly yellow beside a cool white is an Autumn green.

The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).

In stock in this color today

As of November 11, 2026, 26 in-stock pieces across Boden, STAUD, Christy Dawn, Marine Layer and Frank & Eileen sample within a close match of #004B3C. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.

Jersey Lace Shirt

Green Pine

$110 at Boden

Honor Column Velvet Midi Dress

Emerald Night

$220 at Boden

Pleated Tulle Midi Dress

Deep Emerald

$249 at Boden

Phare Silk Maxi Dress

Emerald

$795 at STAUD

The Ingrid Sweater

Basil

$288 at Christy Dawn

The Eugenia Dress

Pine

$268 at Christy Dawn

Bella Velvet Button Down

Emerald

$74 at Marine Layer

Stroll Silk Pant

Emerald

$395 at STAUD

Bibi

Pine

$278 at Frank & Eileen

Bronte Cord Short Dress

Deep Emerald

$170 at Boden

Drape Sleeve Satin Midi Dress

Midnight Emerald

$299 at Boden

Camilla Roll Neck Sweater

Midnight Teal

$99 at Boden

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What it's sold as

Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #004B3C today, so they are the words to search for.

Boden

Green Pine, Emerald Night, Deep Emerald, Midnight Emerald, Midnight Teal, Malachite green

STAUD

Emerald

Christy Dawn

Basil, Pine

Marine Layer

Emerald

Frank & Eileen

Pine

A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.

Questions

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