Love Affair
DE5101 · #FFBEC8 · LRV 61 — warm red tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Vintage Tea Rose47
- 2Pink Quartz53
- 3Love Affair61
- 4Romance66
- 5First Light76
What Color Is Love Affair, Really?
Love Affair reads as a warm red tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5101 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Love Affair
Love Affair 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 Love Affair
At LRV 61, Love Affair 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 Love Affair 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 DE5101 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 | LoveableSW 6590 · Sherwin-Williams | 4.2 | 61 | Color page → |
| Behr | Salmon Peach190A-3 · Behr | 1.9 | 60 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Bed of Roses1318 · Benjamin Moore | 2.9 | 62 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Pink IcingV041-3 · Valspar | 3.9 | 60.9 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Cotton Candy Pink75RR 63/207 · Glidden | 1.5 | 63 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Blushed Pink103-3DB · Dutch Boy | 4.9 | 65 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Love Affair 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 #FFBEC8 in HSL space. Pair Love Affair with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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