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GLIDDEN · PPG0995-1

Glidden Shaded Whisper#E0DFDD · LRV 74

Shaded Whisper reads as a true neutral (no measurable hue) — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Glidden PPG0995-1 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

GLIDDEN SHADED WHISPER
RGB 224, 223, 221 LRV 74

Color spec

Brand Glidden
Name Shaded Whisper
SKU PPG0995-1
Hex #E0DFDD
RGB 224, 223, 221
HSL 40°, 5%, 87%
LRV 74
Undertone true neutral (no measurable hue)
Family Gray

About Glidden Shaded Whisper

At LRV 74, Shaded Whisper is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Because it carries almost no measurable hue, it stays a true neutral and pairs cleanly with nearly any trim or floor. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.

Shaded Whisper 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.

Closest matches at every US brand

20 brands · top 5 each

5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all gray from that brand.

Sherwin-Williams

1,947 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.04
All gray at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6000 · #E0DEDA · ΔE 1.04 · LRV 73
SW 9545 · #E2E0DC · ΔE 1.05 · LRV 75
SW 7063 · #DEDFDC · ΔE 1.27 · LRV 74
SW 7077 · #E2DEDB · ΔE 1.46 · LRV 74
SW 7656 · #DEE0DE · ΔE 1.52 · LRV 74

Behr

5,644 colors in deck · best ΔE 1
All gray at Behr →
MQ3-4 · #E2DFDC · ΔE 1 · LRV 74
PR-W06 · #E1DEDA · ΔE 1.24 · LRV 73
PWN-63 · #E1DED9 · ΔE 1.6 · LRV 73
MQ3-03 · #E4DFDB · ΔE 1.97 · LRV 74
HDC-CT-17 · #E5DFDC · ΔE 2.39 · LRV 75

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.95
All gray at Benjamin Moore →
871 · #DCDFDE · ΔE 1.95 · LRV 73
2132-70 · #DDE1E1 · ΔE 2.45 · LRV 73
2113-70 · #E4DEDD · ΔE 2.68 · LRV 72
1478 · #DFE1DB · ΔE 2.8 · LRV 73
1387 · #E3DDDD · ΔE 2.96 · LRV 71

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.71
All gray at Valspar →
7004-9 · #E3E1DF · ΔE 0.71 · LRV 75.3
7004-19 · #E0E1DE · ΔE 1.3 · LRV 74.8
7001-18 · #E4E0DC · ΔE 1.6 · LRV 75
7004-13 · #DFE1E1 · ΔE 1.65 · LRV 75.1
7006-18 · #DFDFD9 · ΔE 2.22 · LRV 73.5

PPG / Glidden

2,132 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.87
All gray at PPG / Glidden →
PPG0995-1 · #E0DEDD · ΔE 0.87 · LRV 73
PPG1043-2 · #E1E1E1 · ΔE 1.15 · LRV 75
PPG1003-1 · #E1DDDA · ΔE 1.49 · LRV 73
PPG1014-3 · #E0DDDD · ΔE 1.72 · LRV 73
PPG1043-3 · #DEDEE1 · ΔE 2.64 · LRV 73

Dutch Boy

1,340 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.89
All gray at Dutch Boy →
438-1DB · #DCDCDA · ΔE 0.89 · LRV 71
345-1DB · #E4E0E2 · ΔE 2.97 · LRV 76
406-1DB · #E5E1D8 · ΔE 3.37 · LRV 75
347-1DB · #E4DCD4 · ΔE 3.82 · LRV 72
412-1DB · #E6DDD4 · ΔE 4.33 · LRV 74
HGSW 4057 · #DEDFDC · ΔE 1.27 · LRV 74
HGSW 7063 · #DEDFDC · ΔE 1.27 · LRV 74
HGSW 4024 · #E2DED8 · ΔE 2.16 · LRV 73
HGSW 7014 · #E2DED8 · ΔE 2.16 · LRV 73
HGSW 1457 · #DBDFE0 · ΔE 2.59 · LRV 73

Dunn-Edwards

2,298 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.17
All gray at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6379 · #DEDDDD · ΔE 1.17 · LRV 67
DE6386 · #E0DCDB · ΔE 1.83 · LRV 67
DE6393 · #E6E0E0 · ΔE 2.99 · LRV 70
DESS40 · #DFDFD7 · ΔE 3.15 · LRV 74
DE6316 · #D9DFE0 · ΔE 3.38 · LRV 68

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.93
All gray at Magnolia Home →
JG-119 · #DEDFD8 · ΔE 2.93 · LRV 73
JG-22 · #E5E4DB · ΔE 3.57 · LRV 77
JG-11 · #E0DFD4 · ΔE 4.33 · LRV 73
JG-108 · #E5DED2 · ΔE 4.81 · LRV 74
JG-103 · #E4E2D4 · ΔE 5.5 · LRV 76

Farrow & Ball

209 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.13
All gray at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 2011 · #DBDBDA · ΔE 1.13 · LRV 71
NO. 2006 · #E4DFDC · ΔE 1.92 · LRV 74
NO. 2001 · #E4E2DC · ΔE 2.06 · LRV 76
NO. 291 · #E3DED0 · ΔE 5.41 · LRV 73
NO. 2004 · #E6E0D2 · ΔE 5.44 · LRV 75

Diamond Vogel

1,386 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.58
All gray at Diamond Vogel →
0022 · #DFDEDB · ΔE 0.58 · LRV 73
0537 · #E1DFDB · ΔE 1.02 · LRV 74
0516 · #DDDCDC · ΔE 1.27 · LRV 72
0021 · #E1E2DE · ΔE 1.71 · LRV 76
0544 · #E2DDD8 · ΔE 2.16 · LRV 73

Hirshfield's

1,469 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.28
All gray at Hirshfield's →
0022 · #DFDFDB · ΔE 1.28 · LRV 73
0537 · #E2DFDA · ΔE 1.59 · LRV 73
0509 · #E2E3DF · ΔE 1.79 · LRV 76
0021 · #E1E3DD · ΔE 2.87 · LRV 75
0544 · #E3DCD6 · ΔE 3.08 · LRV 72

Rodda

357 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.73
All gray at Rodda →
CA027 · #E2E2DB · ΔE 2.73 · LRV 76
CA026 · #E3E3DC · ΔE 2.78 · LRV 76
R031 · #E4DFD7 · ΔE 3.07 · LRV 75
R004 · #E4E3D9 · ΔE 3.95 · LRV 77
R037 · #E5DFD3 · ΔE 4.69 · LRV 75

C2 Paint

580 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.06
All gray at C2 Paint →
BD4 · #E5DDD4 · ΔE 4.06 · LRV 73
C2-803 · #DADCE2 · ΔE 4.16 · LRV 72
C2-835 · #E1DED3 · ΔE 4.19 · LRV 73
C2-755 · #D9E4E5 · ΔE 5.36 · LRV 76
C2-916 · #E6E1D3 · ΔE 5.41 · LRV 75

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.45
All gray at Clare →
PNT100-LT-11 · #E8E4DE · ΔE 2.45 · LRV 78
PNT100-LT-69 · #D7DCD3 · ΔE 5.03 · LRV 70
PNT100-LT-19 · #E1DDCF · ΔE 5.42 · LRV 72
PNT100-LT-72 · #DDE6DF · ΔE 5.74 · LRV 77
PNT100-LT-34 · #D5E2DD · ΔE 6.71 · LRV 74

Portola Paints

69 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.09
All gray at Portola Paints →
ELLIE · #EAE8E6 · ΔE 2.09 · LRV 81
Gem
GEM · #E4E1D7 · ΔE 3.76 · LRV 75
KASHMIR · #F0E9E0 · ΔE 4.45 · LRV 82
MARIPOSA · #E8E2D0 · ΔE 6.92 · LRV 76
CASA FORMA · #F3EAD9 · ΔE 7.15 · LRV 83

Annie Sloan

31 colors in deck · best ΔE 9.06
All gray at Annie Sloan →
CHICAGO GREY · #BABAB9 · ΔE 9.06 · LRV 49
PARIS GREY · #BEC0B3 · ΔE 9.72 · LRV 52
PALOMA · #BFB5B3 · ΔE 10.78 · LRV 47
LOUIS BLUE · #AEBECB · ΔE 12.29 · LRV 50
OLD OCHRE · #DFC9A9 · ΔE 13.28 · LRV 60

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.78
All gray at Backdrop →
BD-JA · #EFEDE3 · ΔE 4.78 · LRV 86
BD-TR · #F4F2E7 · ΔE 5.78 · LRV 92
BD-RR · #D6CFBE · ΔE 7.6 · LRV 65
BD-CC · #E5DCC4 · ΔE 9.04 · LRV 73
BD-DS · #F2EAD2 · ΔE 9.23 · LRV 84

Rust-Oleum

16 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.52
All gray at Rust-Oleum →
285140 · #F6F7F9 · ΔE 5.52 · LRV 93
285142 · #E2CDCC · ΔE 9.38 · LRV 64
329598 · #FBF6E0 · ΔE 9.5 · LRV 92
398641 · #E2D7B0 · ΔE 13.41 · LRV 68
285139 · #ACCECD · ΔE 13.98 · LRV 57

Kompozit

1,321 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.28
All gray at Kompozit →
0022 · #DFDFDB · ΔE 1.28 · LRV 74
0537 · #E2DFDA · ΔE 1.59 · LRV 74
0509 · #E2E3DF · ΔE 1.79 · LRV 76
0021 · #E1E3DD · ΔE 2.87 · LRV 76
0544 · #E3DCD6 · ΔE 3.08 · LRV 72

Similar Glidden colors

closest in the Glidden deck

The nearest shades to Shaded Whisper within Glidden's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

30YY 72/018 · LRV 72
40YY 73/028 · LRV 73
PPG1003-1 · LRV 73
PPG1014-3 · LRV 73
PPG14-03 · LRV 73
PPG1009-1 · LRV 75

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #E0DFDD in HSL space. Pair Shaded Whisper with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#E0DFDD + #DDDEE0
TRIADIC
#E0DFDD · #DDE0DF · #DFDDE0
ANALOGOUS
#E0DEDD · #E0DFDD · #E0E0DD

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.33:1 fail
Sample text on black
15.77:1 AAA

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

Glidden Shaded Whisper Equivalents at Other Brands

Matching Shaded Whisper from a different paint counter? Below is the single closest color in each major US deck and how close it really is. Remember that any paint store can also custom-tint Glidden PPG0995-1 directly — these equivalents are for when you'd rather stay inside one brand's own deck.

Sherwin-Williams Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

Sherwin-Williams's nearest match is Nebulous White (SW 7063), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.27). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 74 vs 74) and carries a true neutral undertone, so it substitutes for Shaded Whisper without repainting risk. See the full Nebulous White swatch →

Behr Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

Behr's nearest match is Quiet On The Set (MQ3-4), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 74 vs 74) and carries a warm red-orange undertone, so it substitutes for Shaded Whisper without repainting risk. See the full Quiet On The Set swatch →

Benjamin Moore Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

Benjamin Moore's nearest match is Pearl River (871), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.95). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 73 vs 74) and carries a true neutral undertone, so it substitutes for Shaded Whisper without repainting risk. See the full Pearl River swatch →

Valspar Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

Valspar's nearest match is Silver Dust (7004-19), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.3). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 74.8 vs 74) and carries a true neutral undertone, so it substitutes for Shaded Whisper without repainting risk. See the full Silver Dust swatch →

PPG / Glidden Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

The closest PPG / Glidden equivalent of Shaded Whisper is Shaded Whisper (PPG0995-1). At ΔE 0.87 the two are indistinguishable on a wall — it carries the same true neutral undertone and sits at the same lightness (LRV 73 vs 74). If PPG / Glidden is your counter, order Shaded Whisper and you'll get the same color. See the full Shaded Whisper swatch →

Dutch Boy Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

At Dutch Boy, the closest color to Shaded Whisper is Chalky Purple (345-1DB) — very close at ΔE 2.97, though not an exact twin. It runs slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 74) and carries a warm magenta undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Chalky Purple swatch →

HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams's nearest match is Nebulous White (HGSW 4057), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.27). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 74 vs 74) and carries a true neutral undertone, so it substitutes for Shaded Whisper without repainting risk. See the full Nebulous White swatch →

Dunn-Edwards Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

Dunn-Edwards's nearest match is Silver Lake (DE6379), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.17). It runs noticeably darker (LRV 67 vs 74) and carries a true neutral undertone, so it substitutes for Shaded Whisper without repainting risk. See the full Silver Lake swatch →

Magnolia Home Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

At Magnolia Home, the closest color to Shaded Whisper is Chime Gray (JG-119) — very close at ΔE 2.93, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 73 vs 74) and carries a warm yellow undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Chime Gray swatch →

Farrow & Ball Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

Farrow & Ball's nearest match is Great White (NO. 2006), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.92). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 74 vs 74) and carries a warm red-orange undertone, so it substitutes for Shaded Whisper without repainting risk. See the full Great White swatch →

Diamond Vogel Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

Diamond Vogel's nearest match is Dove's Wing (0537), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.02). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 74 vs 74) and carries a warm red-orange undertone, so it substitutes for Shaded Whisper without repainting risk. See the full Dove's Wing swatch →

Hirshfield's Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

Hirshfield's's nearest match is White Kitten (0022), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.28). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 73 vs 74) and carries a warm yellow undertone, so it substitutes for Shaded Whisper without repainting risk. See the full White Kitten swatch →

Rodda Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

At Rodda, the closest color to Shaded Whisper is Urban Calm (R031) — very close at ΔE 3.07, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 75 vs 74) and carries a warm red-orange undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Urban Calm swatch →

C2 Paint Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

C2 Paint has no exact twin of Shaded Whisper. The nearest is Drabware (BD4) at ΔE 4.06 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 73 vs 74). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Drabware swatch →

Clare Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

Clare doesn't make a true equivalent of Shaded Whisper — the nearest deck color, Headspace (PNT100-LT-34), is clearly different (ΔE 6.71). For an exact match, any Clare retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG0995-1 instead. See the full Headspace swatch →

Portola Paints Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

Portola Paints has no exact twin of Shaded Whisper. The nearest is Gem (GEM) at ΔE 3.76 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 75 vs 74). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Gem swatch →

Annie Sloan Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

Annie Sloan doesn't make a true equivalent of Shaded Whisper — the nearest deck color, Old Ochre (OLD OCHRE), is clearly different (ΔE 13.28). For an exact match, any Annie Sloan retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG0995-1 instead. See the full Old Ochre swatch →

Backdrop Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

Backdrop doesn't make a true equivalent of Shaded Whisper — the nearest deck color, Cookies & Cream (BD-CC), is clearly different (ΔE 9.04). For an exact match, any Backdrop retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG0995-1 instead. See the full Cookies & Cream swatch →

Rust-Oleum Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

Rust-Oleum doesn't make a true equivalent of Shaded Whisper — the nearest deck color, Blush Pink (285142), is clearly different (ΔE 9.38). For an exact match, any Rust-Oleum retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG0995-1 instead. See the full Blush Pink swatch →

Kompozit Equivalent of Shaded Whisper

Kompozit's nearest match is White Kitten (0022), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.28). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 74 vs 74) and carries a warm yellow undertone, so it substitutes for Shaded Whisper without repainting risk. See the full White Kitten swatch →

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