Paperwhite

With an LRV of about 87, Paperwhite reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Paperwhite in other brands

• Phoenix Villa Dunn-Edwards DEW324 Beige Very close ΔE 0.0
• Mayo KILZ LD200-01 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Cozy Cotton Kelly-Moore OW239-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Angel Food Behr 290A-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Cotton Thread Dulux UK 1977046 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Wit Sorbet Flexa Beige Very close ΔE 0.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Neutral Ground Sherwin-Williams 7568 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as white
• Achromatopsia Reads as white

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns light orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Paperwhite warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 9.2 and a value of -0.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to Paperwhite?

Phoenix Villa (DEW324), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Paperwhite?

≈ 87. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.