Floating Feather
DE6142 · #E9D8C2 · LRV 65 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Revere Pewter55
- 2Agreeable Gray60
- 3Floating Feather65
- 4Shoji White74
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Floating Feather, Really?
Floating Feather reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE6142 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Floating Feather
Floating Feather 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 Floating Feather
At LRV 65, Floating Feather 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 Floating Feather 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 DE6142 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 | Lotus PodSW 7572 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.5 | 69 | Color page → |
| Behr | MoongazeMQ3-41 · Behr | 1.2 | 71 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Painted Sands1142 · Benjamin Moore | 1.2 | 69 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Soft-Spoken8007-11E · Valspar | 1.2 | 70 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Antique ParchmentPPG1087-3 · PPG / Glidden | 0.9 | 70 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Antique ParchmentPPG1087-3 · Glidden | 0.4 | 70 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Floating Feather 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 #E9D8C2 in HSL space. Pair Floating Feather with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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