Aged Parchment
8005-7B · #DDCFB9 · LRV 64 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Light French Gray53
- 2Accessible Beige58
- 3Aged Parchment64
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Aged Parchment, Really?
Aged Parchment reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar 8005-7B behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Aged Parchment
Aged Parchment 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. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.
How Lighting Changes Aged Parchment
At LRV 64, Aged Parchment is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange 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 Aged Parchment 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 Valspar 8005-7B 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 | Cream and SugarSW 9507 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.0 | 64 | Color page → |
| Behr | Spanish SandOR-W07 · Behr | 1.2 | 64 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Bare EssenceCSP-275 · Benjamin Moore | 0.5 | 64 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Water Chestnut1097-3 · PPG / Glidden | 0.6 | 63 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Georgian Ivory40YY 62/134 · Glidden | 1.4 | 62 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Sugar Scrub419-1DB · Dutch Boy | 1.8 | 63 | Color page → |
Similar Valspar Colors
The nearest shades to Aged Parchment within Valspar'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 #DDCFB9 in HSL space. Pair Aged Parchment with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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