Morning Fog
PPG1144-1 · #CFDAD7 · LRV 68 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Morning Fog, Really?
Morning Fog reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1144-1 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Morning Fog
Morning Fog 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. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.
How Lighting Changes Morning Fog
At LRV 68, Morning Fog is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its teal 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 Morning Fog 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 PPG1144-1 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 | SerenelySW 9632 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.2 | 66 | Color page → |
| Behr | Silver Screen770E-2 · Behr | 1.5 | 69 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Blue Lace1625 · Benjamin Moore | 2.7 | 66 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Limestone PathV141-2 · Valspar | 1.2 | 69.1 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Morning FogPPG1144-1 · Glidden | 0.5 | 69 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Whistler428-1DB · Dutch Boy | 1.2 | 68 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Morning Fog 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 #CFDAD7 in HSL space. Pair Morning Fog with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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