Desert Bone (Valspar 1008-10C)
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Desert Bone (Valspar 1008-10C) is a light, warm off-white from Valspar: LRV 74, so it reflects about 74 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Desert Bone
Four Valspar colors picked for Desert Bone by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Valspar did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Desert Bone, 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 | Faint Coral | SW 6329 | 75 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Wheatberry | 2099-70 | 74.7 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Cameo Stone | N160-1 | 75.4 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Berry Frost | 1016-1 | 75 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar off-white colors nearest to Desert Bone (LRV 74) by LRV.
Lighter than Desert Bone
Darker than Desert Bone
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1008-10C |
| Hex | #EBDDD5 |
| RGB | 235, 221, 213 |
| HSL | 22°, 35%, 88% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 74 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.0, 3.4, 5.6 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Desert Bone (Valspar 1008-10C), published as #EBDDD5
#DAD3D3
#FDE7D5
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Desert Bone (Valspar 1008-10C)?
- Desert Bone has an LRV of 74. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Desert Bone is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Desert Bone in another brand?
- Berry Frost (PPG 1016-1) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Desert Bone warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Desert Bone as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 5.6; 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.