Pale Palomino
HDC-CT-05 · #E6DCCE · LRV 72 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Agreeable Gray60
- 2Balboa Mist66
- 3Pale Palomino72
- 4Pearly White77
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Pale Palomino, Really?
Pale Palomino reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr HDC-CT-05 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Pale Palomino
Pale Palomino is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.
How Lighting Changes Pale Palomino
At LRV 72, Pale Palomino is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Pale Palomino are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Behr HDC-CT-05 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Divine WhiteSW 6105 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.4 | 72 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Ionic Column1016 · Benjamin Moore | 0.2 | 70 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Cream in My Coffee3003-10C · Valspar | 0.9 | 72.3 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Southern BreezePPG1097-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.9 | 73 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Fossil StonePPG1102-2 · Glidden | 2.7 | 72 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Dust Flats414-1DB · Dutch Boy | 0.4 | 72 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Pale Palomino within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #E6DCCE in HSL space. Pair Pale Palomino with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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