Dancing Mist (Valspar 5005-7A)
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Dancing Mist (Valspar 5005-7A) is a light, neutral green from Valspar: LRV 77, so it reflects about 77 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Dancing Mist
Four Valspar colors picked for Dancing Mist by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper green, 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 Dancing Mist, 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 | Embellished Blue | SW 6749 | 79 | 1.9 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Sweet Dreams | 847 | 75.8 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Sky Blue | T14-5 | 77.8 | 1.0 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Tropical Dream | 1230-1 | 79 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar green colors nearest to Dancing Mist (LRV 77) by LRV.
Lighter than Dancing Mist
Darker than Dancing Mist
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 5005-7A |
| Hex | #D5E8E3 |
| RGB | 213, 232, 227 |
| HSL | 164°, 29%, 87% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 77 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 90.5, -7.2, 0.3 |
| Undertone | Cool Green |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Dancing Mist (Valspar 5005-7A), published as #D5E8E3
#C3DEE1
#E8F2E3
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Dancing Mist (Valspar 5005-7A)?
- Dancing Mist has an LRV of 77. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Dancing Mist is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Dancing Mist in another brand?
- Sweet Dreams (BM 847) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Dancing Mist warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Dancing Mist as neutral, with a Cool Green undertone. Its Lab b* value is 0.3; 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.