Wintered Night
446-3DB · #C7BFC0 · LRV 53 — warm red tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Stardew43
- 2Quietude48
- 3Wintered Night53
- 4Sea Salt63
- 5Wickham Gray68
What Color Is Wintered Night, Really?
Wintered Night reads as a warm red tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dutch Boy 446-3DB behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Wintered Night
Wintered Night 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 Wintered Night
At LRV 53, Wintered Night is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its red 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 Wintered Night 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 446-3DB 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behr | Natural GrayPPU18-10 · Behr | 2.9 | 53 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Piano Concerto1445 · Benjamin Moore | 1.7 | 51 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Fairy BubblesT532 · Valspar | 0.9 | 53.1 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | HushPPG1004-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.3 | 51 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Urban Grey50RR 54/018 · Glidden | 1.5 | 54 | Color page → |
| HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams | Twirling GirlHGSW 2416 · HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams | 3.9 | 54 | Color page → |
Similar Dutch Boy Colors
The nearest shades to Wintered Night 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 #C7BFC0 in HSL space. Pair Wintered Night with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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