Alpaca Wool
PPG14-19 · #E4D4BC · LRV 67 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Revere Pewter55
- 2Agreeable Gray60
- 3Alpaca Wool67
- 4Shoji White74
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Alpaca Wool, Really?
Alpaca Wool reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG14-19 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Alpaca Wool
Alpaca Wool 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 Alpaca Wool
At LRV 67, Alpaca Wool 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 Alpaca Wool 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 PPG / Glidden PPG14-19 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 | Steamed ChaiSW 9509 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.8 | 67 | Color page → |
| Behr | Inviting VerandaPPF-22 · Behr | 0.9 | 68 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Cayman Islands952 · Benjamin Moore | 0.8 | 66 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Lovely Bluff3004-10C · Valspar | 0.8 | 68.3 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Alpaca WoolPPG14-19 · Glidden | 0.7 | 68 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Odyssey Beige317-1DB · Dutch Boy | 1.3 | 67 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Alpaca Wool within PPG / 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 #E4D4BC in HSL space. Pair Alpaca Wool with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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