Malted Milk (Valspar 7003-9)
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Malted Milk (Valspar 7003-9) is a light, warm beige from Valspar: LRV 75, so it reflects about 75 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Malted Milk
Four Valspar colors picked for Malted Milk by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, 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 Malted Milk, 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 | Classical White | SW 2829 | 76 | 0.2 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | French White | 1093 | 72.7 | 0.2 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Ivory Lace | PPU7-15 | 76.6 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Heavy Cream | 1098-2 | 73 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar beige colors nearest to Malted Milk (LRV 75) by LRV.
Lighter than Malted Milk
Darker than Malted Milk
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 7003-9 |
| Hex | #EBE0CA |
| RGB | 235, 224, 202 |
| HSL | 40°, 45%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 75 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.5, 0.1, 12.1 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Malted Milk (Valspar 7003-9), published as #EBE0CA
#DAD6C8
#FDEACA
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Malted Milk (Valspar 7003-9)?
- Malted Milk has an LRV of 75. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Malted Milk is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Malted Milk in another brand?
- French White (BM 1093) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.2 (indistinguishable).
- Is Malted Milk warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Malted Milk as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 12.1; 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.