Nuance
HGSW 4060 · #E2E0D6 · LRV 74 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Heirloom Shade63
- 2First Star69
- 3Nuance74
- 4Alabaster82
- 5Chantilly Lace91
What Color Is Nuance, Really?
Nuance reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 4060 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Nuance
Nuance 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. As a white, it's a natural for trim, ceilings and cabinets, and a clean backdrop for art.
How Lighting Changes Nuance
At LRV 74, Nuance is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow 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 Nuance 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 HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 4060 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 | NuanceSW 7049 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.0 | 74 | Color page → |
| Behr | Roadster WhiteN370-1 · Behr | 0.6 | 74 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Classic Gray1548 · Benjamin Moore | 0.8 | 74 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Gilded Linen6002-1A · Valspar | 0.5 | 73.8 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | HourglassPPG1022-1 · PPG / Glidden | 1.1 | 75 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Rain CloudPPG1125-1 · Glidden | 1.4 | 75 | Color page → |
Similar HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Nuance within HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams'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 #E2E0D6 in HSL space. Pair Nuance with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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