Pickling Spice
PPG1122-3 · #CED1B5 · LRV 62 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Clary Sage41
- 2October Mist47
- 3Pickling Spice62
- 4Honeydew71
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Pickling Spice, Really?
Pickling Spice reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1122-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Pickling Spice
Pickling Spice 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. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.
How Lighting Changes Pickling Spice
At LRV 62, Pickling Spice 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 Pickling Spice 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 PPG1122-3 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 | AcanthusSW 29 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.8 | 60 | Color page → |
| Behr | Meadow GlenECC-12-2 · Behr | 1.3 | 62 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Budding GreenCSP-790 · Benjamin Moore | 2.2 | 61 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Apple Blossom Green8003-31C · Valspar | 1.1 | 60 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Pickling SpicePPG1122-3 · Glidden | 0.4 | 63 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Green Grove327-2DB · Dutch Boy | 1.1 | 60 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Pickling Spice 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 #CED1B5 in HSL space. Pair Pickling Spice with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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