Santa Fe Spirit
2001-10C · #EDDED3 · LRV 74.8 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Agreeable Gray60
- 2Pale Oak69
- 3Santa Fe Spirit74.8
- 4Dover White83
- 5Moonlit Beach88
What Color Is Santa Fe Spirit, Really?
Santa Fe Spirit reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar 2001-10C behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Santa Fe Spirit
Santa Fe Spirit 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 Santa Fe Spirit
At LRV 74.8, Santa Fe Spirit 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 Santa Fe Spirit 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 2001-10C 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 | Faint CoralSW 6329 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.2 | 75 | Color page → |
| Behr | Smokey CreamN190-1 · Behr | 2.1 | 75 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Head Over HeelsAF-250 · Benjamin Moore | 0.8 | 73 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | SablewoodPPG1068-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.0 | 75 | Color page → |
| Glidden | SablewoodPPG1068-2 · Glidden | 1.0 | 75 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Queen Conch306-1DB · Dutch Boy | 1.2 | 75 | Color page → |
Similar Valspar Colors
The nearest shades to Santa Fe Spirit 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 #EDDED3 in HSL space. Pair Santa Fe Spirit with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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