Dust Bunny
PPG1000-1 · #D1C9BE · LRV 59 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Mindful Gray48
- 2Light French Gray53
- 3Dust Bunny59
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Dust Bunny, Really?
Dust Bunny reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1000-1 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Dust Bunny
Dust Bunny 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 Dust Bunny
At LRV 59, Dust Bunny 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 Dust Bunny 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 PPG1000-1 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 | Realist BeigeSW 6078 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.5 | 59 | Color page → |
| Behr | Porch Swing BeigePPF-21 · Behr | 0.5 | 60 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Desert Light1004 · Benjamin Moore | 1.0 | 58 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Wet Concrete8006-2C · Valspar | 1.0 | 60 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Dust BunnyPPG1000-1 · Glidden | 0.8 | 60 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Stable Gray411-1DB · Dutch Boy | 1.5 | 59 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Dust Bunny 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 #D1C9BE in HSL space. Pair Dust Bunny with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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