Peau de Soie
AF-60 · #E5DBCE · LRV 71 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Agreeable Gray60
- 2Balboa Mist66
- 3Peau de Soie71
- 4Pearly White77
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Peau de Soie, Really?
Peau de Soie reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore AF-60 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Peau de Soie
Peau de Soie 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 Peau de Soie
At LRV 71, Peau de Soie 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 Peau de Soie 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 Benjamin Moore AF-60 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 | White SesameSW 9586 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.2 | 71 | Color page → |
| Behr | Pale PalominoHDC-CT-05 · Behr | 0.5 | 72 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Asiago6005-1A · Valspar | 1.4 | 72.3 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Sandy BeachPPG1072-2 · PPG / Glidden | 3.2 | 72 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Malted MilkPPG1073-2 · Glidden | 2.9 | 71 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Dust Flats414-1DB · Dutch Boy | 0.9 | 72 | Color page → |
Similar Benjamin Moore Colors
The nearest shades to Peau de Soie within Benjamin Moore'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 #E5DBCE in HSL space. Pair Peau de Soie with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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