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White Duck SW 7010
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Undertone: Noticeable yellow undertone
In CIELAB, White Duck sits at L* 89.0, a* -0.2, b* 7.1. Its hue angle is 91° and its chroma is 7.1, so it leans yellow clearly enough to notice on a full wall. It classifies as warm. Among Sherwin-Williams colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 59%.
LRV 74.0: very light
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 74.0, White Duck is lighter than 88% of Sherwin-Williams colors. Reflects most light. Works in dim rooms, north-facing spaces, ceilings and trim; can look stark in strong southern light.
Closest Benjamin Moore match to White Duck
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fog Mist | OC-31 | 0.70 | Practically identical | |
| Olympic Mountains | 971 | 0.70 | Practically identical | |
| Strand of Pearls® | CSP-395 | 0.81 | Practically identical |
Closest Behr match to White Duck
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color. Behr does not publish LRV, so Behr values here are estimates.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Knit | PPU7-11 | 0.00 | Practically identical | |
| Sand Drift | N310-1 | 0.53 | Practically identical | |
| Crisp Linen | MQ3-13 | 0.60 | Practically identical |
Similar Sherwin-Williams colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oyster White | SW 7637 | 0.70 | Practically identical | |
| Nacre | SW 6154 | 0.78 | Practically identical | |
| Shoji White | SW 7042 | 0.78 | Practically identical | |
| Natural Choice | SW 7011 | 0.81 | Practically identical | |
| Arrowroote | SW 9502 | 0.89 | Practically identical | |
| Pacer White | SW 6098 | 1.06 | Very close |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Sherwin-Williams with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Glimmer SW 6476 · lighter, LRV 78.4
- Ivory Lace SW 7013 · lighter, LRV 78.8
- Feather White SW 6616 · lighter, LRV 79.0
- Kingston SW 9677 · darker, LRV 70.0
- Egret White SW 7570 · darker, LRV 69.6
- Warm Winter SW 9506 · darker, LRV 69.8
Colors that go with White Duck
Sherwin-Williams's own coordinating colors for White Duck:
- Resort Tan SW 7550
- Portico SW 7548
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Sherwin-Williams color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- Violet Vignette SW 7137 · complementary (180°)
- Faint Coral SW 6329 · analogous (−30°)
- Greening SW 6448 · analogous (+30°)
- Bravo Blue SW 6784 · triadic (120°)
- Spangle SW 6834 · triadic (240°)
White Duck vs popular colors
- Shoji White (Sherwin-Williams SW 7042, ΔE 0.8) is about as light.
- Pale Oak (Benjamin Moore OC-20, ΔE 1.8) is darker (LRV 68.6 vs 74.0), more blue/cool.
- Classic Gray (Benjamin Moore OC-23, ΔE 1.9) is about as light, more blue/cool, more muted.