Venus Star
00YY 65/189 · #EED0B4 · LRV 65 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Revere Pewter55
- 2Agreeable Gray60
- 3Venus Star65
- 4Shoji White74
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Venus Star, Really?
Venus Star reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Glidden 00YY 65/189 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Venus Star
Venus Star 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 Venus Star
At LRV 65, Venus Star 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 Venus Star 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 Glidden 00YY 65/189 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 | CreamerySW 6358 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.7 | 67 | Color page → |
| Behr | Shortbread CookieBXC-64 · Behr | 0.7 | 66 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Melon Cup101 · Benjamin Moore | 2.6 | 64 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Bread Basket3002-8B · Valspar | 0.5 | 65.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Peach DarlingPPG1201-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.4 | 65 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Early Light314-2DB · Dutch Boy | 1.6 | 66 | Color page → |
Similar Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Venus Star within Glidden'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 #EED0B4 in HSL space. Pair Venus Star with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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