Whiskers
PPG1025-3 · #D1CCC2 · LRV 61 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Mindful Gray48
- 2Revere Pewter55
- 3Whiskers61
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Whiskers, Really?
Whiskers reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Glidden PPG1025-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Whiskers
Whiskers 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 Whiskers
At LRV 61, Whiskers 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 Whiskers 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 PPG1025-3 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 | Agreeable GraySW 7029 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.6 | 60 | Color page → |
| Behr | Toasty GrayN320-2 · Behr | 0.9 | 61 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Rodeo1534 · Benjamin Moore | 1.3 | 61 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Heritage Gray7007-24 · Valspar | 0.6 | 60 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | WhiskersPPG1025-3 · PPG / Glidden | 0.8 | 60 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Doves Wings443-1DB · Dutch Boy | 0.6 | 60 | Color page → |
Similar Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Whiskers 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 #D1CCC2 in HSL space. Pair Whiskers with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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