Water Chestnut (PPG 1078-2)
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Water Chestnut (PPG 1078-2) is a light, warm off-white from PPG Paints: LRV 76, so it reflects about 76 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Water Chestnut
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Water Chestnut 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 Water Chestnut, 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 | Shoji White | SW 7042 | 74 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Etiquette | AF-50 | 74 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Shoelace | OR-W13 | 78 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Totten's Inlet | 7006-9 | 76 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints off-white colors nearest to Water Chestnut (LRV 76) by LRV.
Lighter than Water Chestnut
Darker than Water Chestnut
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1078-2 |
| Hex | #E8E1D5 |
| RGB | 232, 225, 213 |
| HSL | 38°, 29%, 87% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 76 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.8, 0.3, 6.7 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Water Chestnut (PPG 1078-2), published as #E8E1D5
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Water Chestnut (PPG 1078-2)?
- Water Chestnut has an LRV of 76. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Water Chestnut is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Water Chestnut in another brand?
- Shoji White (SW 7042) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Water Chestnut warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Water Chestnut as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 6.7; 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.