White Duck
HGSW 4013 · #E5DFD2 · LRV 74 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Agreeable Gray60
- 2Pale Oak69
- 3White Duck74
- 4Dover White83
- 5Moonlit Beach88
What Color Is White Duck, Really?
White Duck reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 4013 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for White Duck
White Duck 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 White Duck
At LRV 74, White Duck 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 White Duck 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 4013 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 | White DuckSW 7010 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.0 | 74 | Color page → |
| Behr | Cotton KnitPPU7-11 · Behr | 0.4 | 74 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Gray Mist962 · Benjamin Moore | 1.0 | 73 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Wispy White7006-1 · Valspar | 0.9 | 74.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Southern BreezePPG1097-2 · PPG / Glidden | 0.2 | 73 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Southern BreezePPG1097-2 · Glidden | 0.8 | 74 | Color page → |
Similar HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to White Duck 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 #E5DFD2 in HSL space. Pair White Duck with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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