Only Olive
PPG1123-4 · #CBCBB5 · LRV 59 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Mindful Gray48
- 2Light French Gray53
- 3Only Olive59
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Only Olive, Really?
Only Olive reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1123-4 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Only Olive
Only Olive 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 Only Olive
At LRV 59, Only Olive 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 Only Olive 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 PPG1123-4 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 | AcanthusSW 29 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.1 | 60 | Color page → |
| Behr | Morning ZenS380-2 · Behr | 1.1 | 60 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Moon Shadow1516 · Benjamin Moore | 1.4 | 58 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Mint Frost6001-3B · Valspar | 0.9 | 56.9 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Only OlivePPG1123-4 · Glidden | 0.6 | 59 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Porcelain Slip423-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.9 | 60 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Only Olive 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 #CBCBB5 in HSL space. Pair Only Olive with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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