White Duck (SW 7010) vs Greek Villa (SW 7551)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams White Duck SW 7010 (simulated) — White Duck SW 7010#E5DFD2, LRV 74

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Greek Villa SW 7551 (simulated) — Greek Villa SW 7551#F0ECE2, LRV 84

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: Greek Villa, LRV 84 vs 74.
Warmer: White Duck, both warm white (Lab b* 7.1 vs 5.3).
North rooms: Greek Villa: keeps more brightness (L* 89.5 vs 85.1 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.6 vs 4.4).
Trim that works: Shell White SW 8917, #F0EBE0, LRV 83: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 3.1, noticeably different. At 3.1, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

White DuckSherwin-Williams, SW 7010LRV 74, #E5DFD2

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Greek VillaSherwin-Williams, SW 7551LRV 84, #F0ECE2

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White Duck (SW 7010) is darker than Greek Villa (SW 7551) and slightly warmer: LRV 74 vs 84, deltaE 3.1 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	White Duck	Greek Villa	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7010	SW 7551
Hex	#E5DFD2	#F0ECE2
RGB	229, 223, 210	240, 236, 226
HSL	41°, 27%, 86%	43°, 32%, 91%
LRV (light reflectance value)	74	84	−10
Lab L*	89.0	93.5	−4.5
Lab a*	-0.2	-0.4	+0.2
Lab b*	7.1	5.3	+1.8
Undertone	Neutral	Neutral
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Off-white	White

Same paint, two kinds of light

White Duck (SW 7010), published as #E5DFD2

North light (cool, indirect)
#D4D5D0

South light (warm, direct)
#F7E9D2

Greek Villa (SW 7551), published as #F0ECE2

North light (cool, indirect)
#DEE2E0

South light (warm, direct)
#FFF6E2

These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works

Which should you pick

Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.

Pick Greek Villa (SW 7551) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 10 LRV points lighter (84 vs 74), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Greek Villa (SW 7551) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 5.3 against 7.1, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick White Duck (SW 7010) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 7.1), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to White Duck in other brands

Closest matches to Greek Villa in other brands

Common questions

Is White Duck the same color as Greek Villa?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.1. Most people can see the difference between White Duck and Greek Villa side by side.
Which is lighter, White Duck or Greek Villa?: Greek Villa, with an LRV of 84 against 74.

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Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

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.