Gentle Shadows
8005-5A · #DACFC0 · LRV 64 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Light French Gray53
- 2Accessible Beige58
- 3Gentle Shadows64
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Gentle Shadows, Really?
Gentle Shadows reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar 8005-5A behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Gentle Shadows
Gentle Shadows 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 Gentle Shadows
At LRV 64, Gentle Shadows 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 Gentle Shadows 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 8005-5A 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 | DumplingSW 9616 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.5 | 64 | Color page → |
| Behr | Gray EnvelopeDC-011 · Behr | 1.0 | 64 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Cedar Key982 · Benjamin Moore | 1.0 | 61 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Cool ConcretePPG1023-2 · PPG / Glidden | 0.9 | 63 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Cool ConcretePPG1023-2 · Glidden | 1.0 | 64 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Existence420-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.2 | 63 | Color page → |
Similar Valspar Colors
The nearest shades to Gentle Shadows 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 #DACFC0 in HSL space. Pair Gentle Shadows with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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