Wistful Beige (PPG 1061-2)
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Wistful Beige (PPG 1061-2) is a light, neutral off-white from PPG Paints: LRV 74, so it reflects about 74 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Wistful Beige
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Wistful Beige by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, 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 Wistful Beige, 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 | Hush White | SW 6042 | 72 | 1.2 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Pampas Grass | 2110-60 | 72.7 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Cameo Stone | N160-1 | 75.4 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Sweet Pastel | 1007-8C | 76 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints off-white colors nearest to Wistful Beige (LRV 74) by LRV.
Lighter than Wistful Beige
Darker than Wistful Beige
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1061-2 |
| Hex | #EADDD7 |
| RGB | 234, 221, 215 |
| HSL | 19°, 31%, 88% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 74 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.0, 3.4, 4.5 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Wistful Beige (PPG 1061-2), published as #EADDD7
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Wistful Beige (PPG 1061-2)?
- Wistful Beige has an LRV of 74. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Wistful Beige is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Wistful Beige in another brand?
- Sweet Pastel (Valspar 1007-8C) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Wistful Beige warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Wistful Beige as neutral, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 4.5; 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.