Wistful Beige
PPG1061-2 · #EADDD7 · LRV 74 — warm red tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Heirloom Shade63
- 2First Star69
- 3Wistful Beige74
- 4Alabaster82
- 5Chantilly Lace91
What Color Is Wistful Beige, Really?
Wistful Beige reads as a warm red tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1061-2 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Wistful Beige
Wistful Beige 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 Wistful Beige
At LRV 74, Wistful Beige 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 Wistful Beige 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 PPG1061-2 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 | Polite WhiteSW 6056 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.7 | 74 | Color page → |
| Behr | Ballerina BeautyMQ3-08 · Behr | 2.0 | 74 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Pampas Grass2110-60 · Benjamin Moore | 0.8 | 73 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Sweet Pastel1007-8C · Valspar | 0.8 | 74.3 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Wistful BeigePPG1061-2 · Glidden | 0.0 | 74 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Winter Shade404-1DB · Dutch Boy | 1.7 | 74 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Wistful Beige 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 #EADDD7 in HSL space. Pair Wistful Beige with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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