Milk Paint (PPG 1098-1)
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Milk Paint (PPG 1098-1) is a very light, warm off-white from PPG Paints: LRV 82, so it reflects about 82 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Milk Paint
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Milk Paint 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 Milk Paint, 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 | Restful White | SW 7563 | 81 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Stoneware | CSP-245 | 80.8 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Cotton Ridge | ECC-42-2 | 83.2 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Polished Ivory | 7006-6 | 82 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints off-white colors nearest to Milk Paint (LRV 82) by LRV.
Lighter than Milk Paint
Darker than Milk Paint
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1098-1 |
| Hex | #EFE9D9 |
| RGB | 239, 233, 217 |
| HSL | 44°, 41%, 89% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 82 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 92.4, -0.7, 8.5 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Milk Paint (PPG 1098-1), published as #EFE9D9
#DEDFD7
#FFF3D9
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Milk Paint (PPG 1098-1)?
- Milk Paint has an LRV of 82. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Milk Paint is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Milk Paint in another brand?
- Cotton Ridge (Behr ECC-42-2) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Milk Paint warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Milk Paint as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.5; 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.