Silver Spruce
DE5743 · #CADFDD · LRV 65 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Stardew43
- 2Palladian Blue60
- 3Silver Spruce65
- 4Glass Slipper70
- 5Spring Thaw83
What Color Is Silver Spruce, Really?
Silver Spruce reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5743 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Silver Spruce
Silver Spruce 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. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.
How Lighting Changes Silver Spruce
At LRV 65, Silver Spruce is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its teal 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 Silver Spruce 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 DE5743 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 | Open AirSW 6491 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.5 | 70 | Color page → |
| Behr | Sunken PoolS440-1 · Behr | 0.7 | 69 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Iced Green673 · Benjamin Moore | 1.5 | 68 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Cool MintV101-2 · Valspar | 2.0 | 69.8 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Watery BluePPG1035-1 · PPG / Glidden | 1.9 | 71 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Watery BluePPG1035-1 · Glidden | 1.8 | 71 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Silver Spruce 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 #CADFDD in HSL space. Pair Silver Spruce with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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