Moss Island
0357 · #DDDCCC · LRV 71 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Agreeable Gray60
- 2Balboa Mist66
- 3Moss Island71
- 4Pearly White77
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Moss Island, Really?
Moss Island reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Kompozit 0357 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Moss Island
Moss Island 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 Moss Island
At LRV 71, Moss Island 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 Moss Island 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 Kompozit 0357 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 | Oat MilkSW 9501 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.1 | 70 | Color page → |
| Behr | Desert SpringsPPU10-15 · Behr | 1.1 | 71 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Morning Dew1493 · Benjamin Moore | 0.4 | 69 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Angora WhisperM342 · Valspar | 1.0 | 71.3 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Pinch of PistachioPPG1126-3 · PPG / Glidden | 1.0 | 71 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Pinch Of PistachioPPG1126-3 · Glidden | 0.7 | 71 | Color page → |
Similar Kompozit Colors
The nearest shades to Moss Island within Kompozit'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 #DDDCCC in HSL space. Pair Moss Island with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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