Weekend Gardener
DE5633 · #9FE4AA · LRV 60 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Evergreen Fog30
- 2Clary Sage41
- 3Weekend Gardener60
- 4Hancock Green66
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Weekend Gardener, Really?
Weekend Gardener reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5633 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Weekend Gardener
Weekend Gardener 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 Weekend Gardener
At LRV 60, Weekend Gardener is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its green 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 Weekend Gardener 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 DE5633 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 | Clean GreenSW 6933 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.6 | 61 | Color page → |
| Behr | Eucalyptus Leaf490D-4 · Behr | 3.5 | 68 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Bud Green2033-50 · Benjamin Moore | 2.8 | 66 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Frosted Lime50GY 59/371 · Glidden | 3.1 | 59 | Color page → |
| Diamond Vogel | Celtic Spring0728 · Diamond Vogel | 4.2 | 65 | Color page → |
| Hirshfield's | Celtic Spring0728 · Hirshfield's | 3.8 | 63 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Weekend Gardener 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 #9FE4AA in HSL space. Pair Weekend Gardener with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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