Powdered Petals
PPG1053-3 · #E2C6C5 · LRV 61 — warm red tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Vintage Tea Rose47
- 2Pink Quartz53
- 3Powdered Petals61
- 4Romance66
- 5First Light76
What Color Is Powdered Petals, Really?
Powdered Petals reads as a warm red tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1053-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Powdered Petals
Powdered Petals 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. Soft pinks flatter bedrooms and nurseries; deeper ones make a confident statement.
How Lighting Changes Powdered Petals
At LRV 61, Powdered Petals 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 Powdered Petals 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 PPG1053-3 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behr | Cranapple CreamS140-2 · Behr | 2.2 | 60 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Rose Lace1254 · Benjamin Moore | 0.3 | 59 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Pocketful of PromiseV078-2 · Valspar | 1.0 | 62.3 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Powdered PetalsPPG1053-3 · Glidden | 0.2 | 61 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Chipped Teacup303-2DB · Dutch Boy | 0.7 | 62 | Color page → |
| Dunn-Edwards | Misty BlushDE6044 · Dunn-Edwards | 3.1 | 57 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Powdered Petals 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 #E2C6C5 in HSL space. Pair Powdered Petals with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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