Ballerina
DE5036 · #FED5E9 · LRV 69 — warm magenta tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Vintage Tea Rose47
- 2Pale Cherry Blossom61
- 3Ballerina69
- 4First Light76
- 5Pink Bliss82
What Color Is Ballerina, Really?
Ballerina reads as a warm magenta tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5036 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Ballerina
Ballerina 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. Soft pinks flatter bedrooms and nurseries; deeper ones make a confident statement.
How Lighting Changes Ballerina
At LRV 69, Ballerina is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its magenta 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 Ballerina 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 Dunn-Edwards DE5036 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behr | Powdered Blush130C-1 · Behr | 1.6 | 75 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Ribbon Pink2087-60 · Benjamin Moore | 4.6 | 73 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Utterly Pink1003-2C · Valspar | 4.3 | 75 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Princess Pink55RR 75/106 · Glidden | 4.8 | 75 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Reagan's Tu-Tu147-2DB · Dutch Boy | 4.5 | 72 | Color page → |
| Diamond Vogel | Summer Cosmos1120 · Diamond Vogel | 2.3 | 71 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Ballerina within Dunn-Edwards'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 #FED5E9 in HSL space. Pair Ballerina with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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