Silent Smoke (PPG 1025-2)
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Silent Smoke (PPG 1025-2) is a light, neutral gray from PPG Paints: LRV 68, so it reflects about 68 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Silent Smoke
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Silent Smoke by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper gray, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. PPG Paints did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Silent Smoke, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Drift of Mist | SW 9166 | 69 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Balboa Mist | 1549 | 65.5 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Dove | HDC-MD-21 | 66.2 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Warm Putty | 6006-1A | 66 | 1.6 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints gray colors nearest to Silent Smoke (LRV 68) by LRV.
Lighter than Silent Smoke
Darker than Silent Smoke
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1025-2 |
| Hex | #DBD7CE |
| RGB | 219, 215, 206 |
| HSL | 42°, 15%, 83% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 68 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 86.1, -0.2, 4.9 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Silent Smoke (PPG 1025-2), published as #DBD7CE
#CACDCC
#EDE1CE
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Silent Smoke (PPG 1025-2)?
- Silent Smoke has an LRV of 68. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Silent Smoke is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Silent Smoke in another brand?
- Balboa Mist (BM 1549) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Silent Smoke warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Silent Smoke as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 4.9; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.