Glazed Sugar
DE5169 · #FFDCCC · LRV 72 — warm red tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Pale Cherry Blossom61
- 2Romance66
- 3Glazed Sugar72
- 4Verbena77
- 5Pink Bliss82
What Color Is Glazed Sugar, Really?
Glazed Sugar reads as a warm red tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5169 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Glazed Sugar
Glazed Sugar 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 Glazed Sugar
At LRV 72, Glazed Sugar is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its red 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 Glazed Sugar 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 DE5169 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 | Creamy Beige290C-2 · Behr | 2.5 | 77 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Daytona Peach079 · Benjamin Moore | 2.8 | 76 | Color page → |
| Valspar | PeachyV008-1 · Valspar | 1.9 | 76.5 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Pink SangriaPPG1189-2 · PPG / Glidden | 3.5 | 74 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Beautiful Bisque60YR 76/105 · Glidden | 3.2 | 76 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Pink Halite104-2DB · Dutch Boy | 3.0 | 75 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Glazed Sugar 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 #FFDCCC in HSL space. Pair Glazed Sugar with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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