Malted Milk
PPG1073-2 · #E7D8CE · LRV 71 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Agreeable Gray60
- 2Balboa Mist66
- 3Malted Milk71
- 4Pearly White77
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Malted Milk, Really?
Malted Milk reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1073-2 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Malted Milk
Malted Milk 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 Malted Milk
At LRV 71, Malted Milk 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 Malted Milk 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 PPG1073-2 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 | Hush WhiteSW 6042 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.1 | 72 | Color page → |
| Behr | Bee&Apos;S KneesT13-11 · Behr | 1.5 | 71 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Featherstone1002 · Benjamin Moore | 2.1 | 69 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Sheer BlouseT554 · Valspar | 0.9 | 71 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Malted MilkPPG1073-2 · Glidden | 0.5 | 71 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Pebble Shores408-1DB · Dutch Boy | 3.0 | 72 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Malted Milk 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 #E7D8CE in HSL space. Pair Malted Milk with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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