Wild Rice (PPG 1072-3)
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Wild Rice (PPG 1072-3) is a medium, warm beige from PPG Paints: LRV 55, so it reflects about 55 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Wild Rice
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Wild Rice by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, 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 Wild Rice, 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 | Abalone Shell | SW 6050 | 60 | 2.1 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Meadow Pink | 1011 | 49.8 | 2.3 | very close |
| Behr | Summer Bloom | ECC-28-1 | 53.7 | 1.2 | very close |
| Valspar | Rose Scroll | 2002-10C | 56 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints beige colors nearest to Wild Rice (LRV 55) by LRV.
Lighter than Wild Rice
Darker than Wild Rice
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1072-3 |
| Hex | #D5BFB4 |
| RGB | 213, 191, 180 |
| HSL | 20°, 28%, 77% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 55 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 78.9, 6.0, 8.4 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Wild Rice (PPG 1072-3), published as #D5BFB4
#C4B5B2
#E6C9B4
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Wild Rice (PPG 1072-3)?
- Wild Rice has an LRV of 55. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Wild Rice is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Wild Rice in another brand?
- Rose Scroll (Valspar 2002-10C) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Wild Rice warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Wild Rice as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.4; 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.