Sweetly Singing (Valspar 2005-3C)
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Sweetly Singing (Valspar 2005-3C) is a deep, warm orange from Valspar: LRV 37, so it reflects about 37 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Sweetly Singing
Four Valspar colors picked for Sweetly Singing by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper orange, 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 Sweetly Singing, 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 | Ravishing Coral | SW 6612 | 40 | 2.0 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Coral Rock | 032 | 37 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Guava Jam | 200D-5 | 34.4 | 1.9 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Warm Welcome | 1194-5 | 39 | 2.6 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar orange colors nearest to Sweetly Singing (LRV 37) by LRV.
Lighter than Sweetly Singing
Darker than Sweetly Singing
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2005-3C |
| Hex | #E18E78 |
| RGB | 225, 142, 120 |
| HSL | 13°, 64%, 68% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 37 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 67.1, 29.1, 24.9 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Orange |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sweetly Singing (Valspar 2005-3C), published as #E18E78
#D28577
#F19877
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sweetly Singing (Valspar 2005-3C)?
- Sweetly Singing has an LRV of 37. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sweetly Singing is a deep color.
- What is the closest match to Sweetly Singing in another brand?
- Coral Rock (BM 032) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Sweetly Singing warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Sweetly Singing as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 24.9; 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.