Heron Plume is a mellow off-white with a hint of gray-beige that keeps it from looking stark. It reads soft and gentle on walls and can pass as a very light greige in shadow. It is a calm backdrop for living spaces and bedrooms with mixed warm and cool finishes.
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Undertone: Soft off-white with a slight greige undertone.
LRV 75: Heron Plume is a light color that keeps rooms bright.
Where to use it: Living room, bedroom, whole house.
Trim: Heron Plume pairs well with Pure White SW 7005 for trim, doors and ceilings.
Sherwin-Williams colors that work with Heron Plume on walls, trim and accents.
The closest matches to Heron Plume from Benjamin Moore and Behr, by digital color value. ΔE measures the visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable.
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The digital hex value for Sherwin-Williams Heron Plume (SW 6070) is #E5E1D8, which is rgb(229, 225, 216). Use it for mockups and digital design; a physical sample is the only reliable way to judge the paint itself.
Sherwin-Williams Heron Plume has an LRV (light reflectance value) of 75. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white), so Heron Plume is a light color that keeps rooms bright.
Heron Plume has a soft off-white with a slight greige undertone undertone. By its digital value it sits on the warm side, but north-facing light will cool it down and warm bulbs will warm it up, so test a sample in the room where you plan to use it.
The closest Benjamin Moore color to Sherwin-Williams Heron Plume is Classic Gray (OC-23, #E3E0D7), which is nearly identical by digital value (ΔE 0.6). Paint formulas differ, so color-matched versions are never exact: compare physical samples side by side.
The closest Behr color to Sherwin-Williams Heron Plume is Painter's White (PPU18-08, #E5E2DA), which is nearly identical by digital value (ΔE 0.7). Paint formulas differ, so color-matched versions are never exact: compare physical samples side by side.