Icewhite

Icewhite is a color designation used in design, branding, and manufacturing to describe a pale, cool white with subtle blue or gray undertones. The term is not standardized, and its exact shade varies by brand, product line, or color library. In practice, icewhite sits near white on the lightness scale but reads cooler than neutral white, evoking the frosty appearance of ice.

In digital color spaces, icewhite is generally characterized by very high lightness with low saturation, leaning toward a blue-leaning cast. The perceived hue can change with lighting, material, and finish, so the same name may look different across media or suppliers.

Applications for icewhite span interior design, architecture, paint and coatings, furniture and cabinetry, automotive exteriors, consumer electronics, and fashion. In branding and product styling, icewhite is chosen to convey cleanliness, modernity, and a clinical or high-tech aesthetic. Some manufacturers also offer finishes such as pearl, metallic, or matte variants under the icewhite label to indicate texture or sheen.

Variants and naming can include phrases like “Ice White,” “Ice White Pearl,” or “Ice White Matte,” among others. Because there is no universal standard, icewhite tones are defined differently by different sources, and comparisons should be based on physical swatches or colorimetric data when precision is required.

See also: cool white, snow white, ivory, white.