Echoing Valley
320-1DB · #E0CFAD · LRV 64 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Light French Gray53
- 2Accessible Beige58
- 3Echoing Valley64
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Echoing Valley, Really?
Echoing Valley reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dutch Boy 320-1DB behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Echoing Valley
Echoing Valley 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 Echoing Valley
At LRV 64, Echoing Valley 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 Echoing Valley 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 Dutch Boy 320-1DB 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 | NetsukeSW 6134 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.0 | 63 | Color page → |
| Behr | Dried PlantainUL150-6 · Behr | 2.7 | 63 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Lady Finger1045 · Benjamin Moore | 0.7 | 61 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Light BambooT540 · Valspar | 0.7 | 64.3 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Family TiesPPG12-29 · PPG / Glidden | 0.4 | 64 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Family TiesPPG12-29 · Glidden | 0.5 | 64 | Color page → |
Similar Dutch Boy Colors
The nearest shades to Echoing Valley within Dutch Boy'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 #E0CFAD in HSL space. Pair Echoing Valley with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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