Velum Smoke
0342 · #D7D0BC · LRV 63 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Light French Gray53
- 2Accessible Beige58
- 3Velum Smoke63
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Velum Smoke, Really?
Velum Smoke reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Diamond Vogel 0342 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Velum Smoke
Velum Smoke 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 Velum Smoke
At LRV 63, Velum Smoke 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 Velum Smoke 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 Diamond Vogel 0342 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 | Warm OatsSW 9511 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.9 | 63 | Color page → |
| Behr | Traditional TanPPF-14 · Behr | 1.5 | 64 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Temporal Spirit965 · Benjamin Moore | 1.5 | 62 | Color page → |
| Valspar | UnderstatedT650 · Valspar | 1.1 | 63.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Wright Pearl GrayFLLW918 · PPG / Glidden | 1.9 | 63 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Crushed SilkPPG1024-3 · Glidden | 1.8 | 63 | Color page → |
Similar Diamond Vogel Colors
The nearest shades to Velum Smoke within Diamond Vogel'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 #D7D0BC in HSL space. Pair Velum Smoke with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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