Falling Tears
DE5792 · #C2D7DF · LRV 61 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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- 2Smoke56
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- 4Wickham Gray68
- 5Spring Thaw83
What Color Is Falling Tears, Really?
Falling Tears reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5792 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Falling Tears
Falling Tears 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. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.
How Lighting Changes Falling Tears
At LRV 61, Falling Tears is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its teal 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 Falling Tears 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 DE5792 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 | BalmySW 6512 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.0 | 66 | Color page → |
| Behr | Distant ShoreS500-1 · Behr | 1.3 | 66 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Heaven on Earth1661 · Benjamin Moore | 0.9 | 66 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Bahama Breezes8003-41A · Valspar | 0.5 | 64 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Blue PearlPPG1157-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.4 | 66 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Clear Sailing30BG 64/072 · Glidden | 1.4 | 64 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Falling Tears 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 #C2D7DF in HSL space. Pair Falling Tears with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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