Turning Pointe
HGSW 3267 · #D1D0C6 · LRV 63 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Light French Gray53
- 2Accessible Beige58
- 3Turning Pointe63
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Turning Pointe, Really?
Turning Pointe reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 3267 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Turning Pointe
Turning Pointe 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 Turning Pointe
At LRV 63, Turning Pointe 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 Turning Pointe 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 3267 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 | Conservative GraySW 6183 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.0 | 63 | Color page → |
| Behr | Polar FoxHDC-NT-17G · Behr | 1.6 | 63 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Vapor Trails1556 · Benjamin Moore | 1.2 | 61 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Passing ShadowT668 · Valspar | 0.5 | 62.2 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Frivolous FollyPPG1128-2 · PPG / Glidden | 2.0 | 63 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Frivolous FollyPPG1128-2 · Glidden | 2.1 | 63 | Color page → |
Similar HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Turning Pointe 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 #D1D0C6 in HSL space. Pair Turning Pointe with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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