Is Porous Stone DE6220 warm or cool?
Its numeric screen value is summarized as beige (yellow undertone). Surrounding flooring, daylight direction, lamps, and large fixed finishes can make the same sample read differently.
Dunn-Edwards color reference
Porous Stone (DE6220) by Dunn-Edwards
#D4CEBF
A beige screen color with a beige (yellow undertone) reading and LRV 61.9. Not sure it's the exact color your local store carries? Here's the closest match at each of the other four brands.
- Hex
- #D4CEBF
- RGB
- 212, 206, 191
- HSL
- 42.9°, 19.6%, 79%
- Lab D65
- 82.86, -0.51, 8.19
- LRV
- 61.9 estimated
- Undertone
- beige (yellow undertone)
In a room
Where this color can work
Porous Stone sits at a practical middle lightness for family rooms, hallways, or exteriors sheltered from intense glare. Its warm beige character can connect natural stone and wood while leaving enough contrast for pale trim. In west-facing rooms it may become considerably warmer late in the day. Check it against grout, carpet, and upholstery at the same time; those broad surfaces often decide whether a neutral feels cohesive, too yellow, or unexpectedly gray.
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Cross-brand shortlist
Three nearby values in every other palette
Lower ΔE2000 values are closer screen approximations. They are not paint-formula conversions.
Sherwin-Williamsnearest three
Benjamin Moorenearest three
Valsparnearest three
PPGnearest three
Within Dunn-Edwards
Similar, lighter, and darker
Provenance
Recorded source
- Color value source: https://github.com/jpederson/colornerd
- Retrieved:
- LRV is calculated from the sRGB value and is labeled as an estimate.
Saveable reference
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FAQ
Questions about Porous Stone
Can I use the hex #D4CEBF for paint ordering?
No. Hex describes an sRGB screen color, not a paint tint formula. Use DE6220 when requesting the brand color and verify a physical swatch in the intended product line.
How reliable are the matches for Porous Stone?
They're consistent, repeatable rankings of the screen colors. They don't account for sheen, substrate, application thickness, metamerism, or differences between paint products. In this library, the nearest cross-brand screen value is Skipping CSP-155 by Benjamin Moore at ΔE 0.618.
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