Billowing Clouds
Billowing Clouds begins as a blue color on paper, then shifts with every surface, shadow and neighboring material. With an LRV of 72, it sits on the light-reflective side of the palette and can feel especially open in generous daylight. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#d8dee3LRV
72.00
Billowing Clouds's Color Strip
Billowing Clouds is the third shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between City Lights and Blue Dolphin. The strip spans from Moonlit Snow at the lightest end to Cavalry at the deepest. Strip PPG1041 makes it easy to compare shades side by side and find the right depth for your space.
Billowing Clouds in Rooms
Follow Billowing Clouds from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 10 generated visualizations explore how the color might shape a finished room.
1 Bathroom Photo
The 1 bathroom image turn a blue swatch into something more spatial and expressive. Its LRV of 72 gives it a light-reflective character, though shadows and neighboring finishes can still draw out surprising depth.
Billowing Clouds — vintage bathroom
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1 Bedroom Photo
Billowing Clouds (PPG1041-3) can change noticeably under gentle morning light and low evening lamps. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
A modern luxury bedroom painted in Billowing Clouds
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1 Dining Room Photo
Billowing Clouds (PPG1041-3) brings its blue character into a gathering space that can move from daylight to ceremony. Its LRV of 72 gives it a light-reflective character, though shadows and neighboring finishes can still draw out surprising depth.
Billowing Clouds paint in a art deco dining room
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1 Front Door Photo
Against hardware, glazing, masonry, timber and surrounding trim, Billowing Clouds (PPG1041-3) may feel quieter, sharper or more atmospheric than the digital swatch alone. Its LRV of 72 gives it a light-reflective character, though shadows and neighboring finishes can still draw out surprising depth.
minimalist front door featuring Billowing Clouds by PPG
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1 Home Office Photo
Billowing Clouds (PPG1041-3) can change noticeably under daylight beside desk lamps and screen glow. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
PPG Billowing Clouds in a art deco home office
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1 House Photo
Billowing Clouds (PPG1041-3) moves through 1 house image without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its LRV of 72 gives it a light-reflective character, though shadows and neighboring finishes can still draw out surprising depth.
Billowing Clouds color — aesthetic house inspiration
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1 Kitchen Photo
Billowing Clouds (PPG1041-3) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its LRV of 72 gives it a light-reflective character, though shadows and neighboring finishes can still draw out surprising depth. Test it under daylight, task lighting and evening pendants.
Billowing Clouds — contemporary kitchen
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1 Mudroom Photo
Viewed across 1 mudroom image in a practical threshold where the outdoors enters the home, Billowing Clouds (PPG1041-3) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. Its LRV of 72 gives it a light-reflective character, though shadows and neighboring finishes can still draw out surprising depth.
Billowing Clouds paint in a tiny mudroom
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1 Living Room Photo
In a space shaped by conversation, quiet evenings and changing daylight, the most interesting quality of Billowing Clouds (PPG1041-3) may be the way it responds to upholstery, timber, art and metal accents. The blue hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
A minimalist living room painted in Billowing Clouds
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1 Patio Photo
Against stone, timber, metal, textiles and greenery, Billowing Clouds (PPG1041-3) may feel quieter, sharper or more atmospheric than the digital swatch alone. Its LRV of 72 gives it a light-reflective character, though shadows and neighboring finishes can still draw out surprising depth.
industrial patio featuring Billowing Clouds by PPG
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Coordinating Colors
Billowing Clouds reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Trim Color
A 4-point LRV gap (76 vs 72) makes Oatmeal the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 88 vs 72, Delicate White is decisively the brighter choice.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Billowing Clouds is a soft, gray, majestic blue with a periwinkle undertone. It is a perfect paint color for any room, especially a kitchen, dining or bedroom. Pair it with deep mahogany wood flooring.