Marble Dust
DE6156 · #F3E5CB · LRV 73 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Agreeable Gray60
- 2Balboa Mist66
- 3Marble Dust73
- 4Shoelace78
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Marble Dust, Really?
Marble Dust reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE6156 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Marble Dust
Marble Dust 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 Marble Dust
At LRV 73, Marble Dust 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 Marble Dust 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 DE6156 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 | Morning SunSW 6672 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.7 | 80 | Color page → |
| Behr | French CremeS300-1 · Behr | 1.1 | 80 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Durango Dust2165-60 · Benjamin Moore | 1.1 | 80 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Estate Vanilla3004-8C · Valspar | 0.9 | 79 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Magnolia SprayPPG1089-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.4 | 80 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Gold Coast White40YY 78/140 · Glidden | 0.5 | 78 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Marble Dust 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 #F3E5CB in HSL space. Pair Marble Dust with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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