French Gray Linen
PPG1029-3 · #C9C8B6 · LRV 57 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Dorian Gray39
- 2Mindful Gray48
- 3French Gray Linen57
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is French Gray Linen, Really?
French Gray Linen reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1029-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for French Gray Linen
French Gray Linen 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 French Gray Linen
At LRV 57, French Gray Linen 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 French Gray Linen 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 PPG1029-3 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 | Simple StoneSW 9521 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.8 | 57 | Color page → |
| Behr | Ocean FoamPPU10-10 · Behr | 0.5 | 57 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Vale Mist1494 · Benjamin Moore | 0.9 | 56 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Rippling StoneV146-2 · Valspar | 2.5 | 56.3 | Color page → |
| Glidden | French Gray LinenPPG1029-3 · Glidden | 0.5 | 57 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Colonial Gray422-2DB · Dutch Boy | 1.5 | 54 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to French Gray Linen 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 #C9C8B6 in HSL space. Pair French Gray Linen with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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