Polite White (SW 6056)
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Polite White (SW 6056) is a light, warm off-white from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 74, so it reflects about 74 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Polite White
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Polite White by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Sherwin-Williams did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Polite White, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Moore | Bride To Be | 1009 | 70.7 | 1.0 | very close |
| Behr | Ballerina Beauty | MQ3-08 | 74.3 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Bungalow White | 2005-10C | 74 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Sablewood | 1068-2 | 75 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Polite White (LRV 74) by LRV.
Lighter than Polite White
Darker than Polite White
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6056 |
| Hex | #E9DDD4 |
| RGB | 233, 221, 212 |
| HSL | 26°, 32%, 87% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 74 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.8, 2.6, 5.9 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Polite White (SW 6056), published as #E9DDD4
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#FBE7D4
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Polite White (SW 6056)?
- Polite White has an LRV of 74. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Polite White is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Polite White in another brand?
- Sablewood (PPG 1068-2) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Polite White warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Polite White as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 5.9; 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.