Glidden
Desert Dune
PPG1023-4
The color is useful in open living areas, halls, or bedrooms where a cooler gray would fight wood floors. Ivory trim, limestone, or black accents keep it flexible. It can look more beige in warm evening light. In bright daylight, the gray side keeps it restrained.
Color Codes
Desert Dune in Different Light
Light temperature is measured in Kelvin: a warm 2700K bulb pulls colors toward yellow, while 5000K daylight reads cooler and truer. Check the color at the time of day you actually use the room.
Artificial Lighting
Natural Lighting
Technical Specifications
Undertones
Type
Orange
Strength
Low
Temperature
warm
Hue Angle
36°Orange Family
Lightness
66%Medium
Saturation
15%Very Muted
LRV
67.5LRV measures how much light a color reflects, from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white). Below about 50 a color needs good lighting to avoid going flat, 60 and up helps brighten a room, and most whites sit above 80.
Coordinating Colors and Color Palettes
Darker Shades
Monochromatic dark
Lighter Shades
Monochromatic light
Complementary
Opposite on color wheel
Analogous
Adjacent colors
Closest Paint Matches
Cross-brand matches are close, never exact. Each brand uses different bases and sheens, so sample before you buy gallons.
Glidden
Desert Dune
Benjamin Moore
Evening Gown
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Desert Dune
Benjamin Moore
Cobblestone
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Desert Dune
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Grége Avenue
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Desert Dune
Benjamin Moore
Baja Dunes
Glidden
Desert Dune
Benjamin Moore
Rocky Road
Glidden
Desert Dune
Sherwin Williams
Gateway Gray
Glidden
Desert Dune
Benjamin Moore
Finnie Gray
Glidden
Desert Dune
Sherwin Williams
Perfect Greige
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Desert Dune
Glidden
Sharkskin
Glidden
Desert Dune
Glidden
Shadow Taupe
Glidden
Desert Dune
Benjamin Moore
Kid Gloves
Glidden
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Behr
Perfect Taupe
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Desert Dune
Valspar
Koala
Glidden
Desert Dune
Valspar
Packed Sand
Glidden
Desert Dune
Glidden
Fieldstone
Glidden
Desert Dune
Sherwin Williams
Chatroom