Granddad's Girl (PPG 18-12)
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Granddad's Girl (PPG 18-12) is a very light, warm off-white from PPG Paints: LRV 80, so it reflects about 80 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Granddad's Girl
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Granddad's Girl 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 Granddad's Girl, 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 | Intimate White | SW 6322 | 77 | 1.1 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Pensacola Pink | 1184 | 77.1 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Early Sunset | 230E-1 | 79 | 0.2 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Perfection | 7001-12 | 81 | 1.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints off-white colors nearest to Granddad's Girl (LRV 80) by LRV.
Lighter than Granddad's Girl
Darker than Granddad's Girl
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 18-12 |
| Hex | #F4E4D9 |
| RGB | 244, 228, 217 |
| HSL | 24°, 55%, 90% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 80 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 91.6, 3.6, 7.3 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Granddad's Girl (PPG 18-12), published as #F4E4D9
#E3DAD7
#FFEED9
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Granddad's Girl (PPG 18-12)?
- Granddad's Girl has an LRV of 80. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Granddad's Girl is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Granddad's Girl in another brand?
- Early Sunset (Behr 230E-1) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.2 (indistinguishable).
- Is Granddad's Girl warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Granddad's Girl as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.3; 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.