Whispering Pine
PPG1125-3 · #C8C9B5 · LRV 57 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Evergreen Fog30
- 2Clary Sage41
- 3Whispering Pine57
- 4Hancock Green66
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Whispering Pine, Really?
Whispering Pine reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1125-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Whispering Pine
Whispering Pine 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 Whispering Pine
At LRV 57, Whispering Pine 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 Whispering Pine 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 PPG1125-3 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 | Simple StoneSW 9521 · Sherwin-Williams | 4.0 | 57 | Color page → |
| Behr | Wabi-SabiT18-10 · Behr | 0.7 | 57 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Wind ChimeAF-465 · Benjamin Moore | 0.9 | 57 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Mint Frost6001-3B · Valspar | 1.3 | 56.9 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Whispering PinePPG1125-3 · Glidden | 0.6 | 58 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Countryside328-2DB · Dutch Boy | 4.9 | 57 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Whispering Pine 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 #C8C9B5 in HSL space. Pair Whispering Pine with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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