Ginger Shortbread
PPG1062-3 · #E2CEC5 · LRV 64 — warm red tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Light French Gray53
- 2Accessible Beige58
- 3Ginger Shortbread64
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Ginger Shortbread, Really?
Ginger Shortbread reads as a warm red tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1062-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Ginger Shortbread
Ginger Shortbread 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 Ginger Shortbread
At LRV 64, Ginger Shortbread is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its red 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 Ginger Shortbread 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 PPG1062-3 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 | Quaint PecheSW 6330 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.1 | 65 | Color page → |
| Behr | BriocheICC-94 · Behr | 2.6 | 64 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Light Mocha2096-60 · Benjamin Moore | 1.2 | 63 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Champagne Glee2003-10C · Valspar | 0.8 | 63.9 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Ginger ShortbreadPPG1062-3 · Glidden | 0.7 | 65 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Peachy-Keen306-2DB · Dutch Boy | 1.9 | 64 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Ginger Shortbread 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 #E2CEC5 in HSL space. Pair Ginger Shortbread with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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