Flowering Reed
DET636 · #E1D8B8 · LRV 68 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Revere Pewter55
- 2Agreeable Gray60
- 3Flowering Reed68
- 4Shoji White74
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Flowering Reed, Really?
Flowering Reed reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DET636 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Flowering Reed
Flowering Reed 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 Flowering Reed
At LRV 68, Flowering Reed is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow 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 Flowering Reed 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 DET636 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 | Echelon EcruSW 7574 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.9 | 70 | Color page → |
| Behr | Lemon BalmPPU8-13 · Behr | 1.3 | 70 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Twisted Oak Path226 · Benjamin Moore | 0.9 | 67 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Tempered Sage6006-5A · Valspar | 0.7 | 69.5 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | NamastePPG1026-1 · PPG / Glidden | 1.5 | 68 | Color page → |
| Glidden | NamastePPG1026-1 · Glidden | 1.0 | 69 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Flowering Reed 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 #E1D8B8 in HSL space. Pair Flowering Reed with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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