Salty Breeze
PPG1033-1 · #DDE1D7 · LRV 74 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Heirloom Shade63
- 2First Star69
- 3Salty Breeze74
- 4Alabaster82
- 5Chantilly Lace91
What Color Is Salty Breeze, Really?
Salty Breeze reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1033-1 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Salty Breeze
Salty Breeze 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. As a white, it's a natural for trim, ceilings and cabinets, and a clean backdrop for art.
How Lighting Changes Salty Breeze
At LRV 74, Salty Breeze is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its green 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 Salty Breeze 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 PPG1033-1 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 | OpalineSW 6189 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.1 | 73 | Color page → |
| Behr | Salt CellarPPU25-11 · Behr | 1.1 | 74 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Pearl Gray863 · Benjamin Moore | 0.4 | 74 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Blizzard Fog7006-18 · Valspar | 2.9 | 73.5 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Misty China Rain Green30GY 73/053 · Glidden | 0.7 | 73 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Misted Green330-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.5 | 74 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Salty Breeze 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 #DDE1D7 in HSL space. Pair Salty Breeze with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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