Caramel Ice
PPG1202-4 · #EDC8AA · LRV 62 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Caramelized35
- 2Venetian Plaster42
- 3Caramel Ice62
- 4Naive Peach69
- 5Juno Peach74
What Color Is Caramel Ice, Really?
Caramel Ice reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1202-4 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Caramel Ice
Caramel Ice 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. Earthy oranges and terracottas warm up dining rooms and entries.
How Lighting Changes Caramel Ice
At LRV 62, Caramel Ice 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 Caramel Ice 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 PPG1202-4 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 | Sweet OrangeSW 6351 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.2 | 64 | Color page → |
| Behr | Almond BiscuitS250-2 · Behr | 1.8 | 64 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Desert View108 · Benjamin Moore | 1.6 | 64 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Special Peach2004-6B · Valspar | 2.2 | 61.6 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Caramel IcePPG1202-4 · Glidden | 0.4 | 63 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Wild Peach208-2DB · Dutch Boy | 2.0 | 62 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Caramel Ice 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 #EDC8AA in HSL space. Pair Caramel Ice with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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