Spooky
DE6248 · #D1D2BF · LRV 59 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Evergreen Fog30
- 2Clary Sage41
- 3Spooky59
- 4Hancock Green66
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Spooky, Really?
Spooky reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE6248 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Spooky
Spooky 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. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.
How Lighting Changes Spooky
At LRV 59, Spooky 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 Spooky 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 DE6248 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 | Filmy GreenSW 6190 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.8 | 64 | Color page → |
| Behr | Traditional TanPPF-14 · Behr | 2.5 | 64 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Spring Thaw1508 · Benjamin Moore | 1.1 | 62 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Half MoonT648 · Valspar | 0.8 | 64.1 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | BrainstormPPG1030-1 · PPG / Glidden | 0.0 | 63 | Color page → |
| Glidden | BrainstormPPG1030-1 · Glidden | 0.5 | 64 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Spooky 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 #D1D2BF in HSL space. Pair Spooky with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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