Faded Flaxflower
Faded Flaxflower begins as a blue color on paper, then shifts with every surface, shadow and neighboring material. It appears in Living Well, placing it within several distinct decorating stories rather than a single fixed look. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#9EB4C0LRV
43.62
Faded Flaxflower's Color Strip
Faded Flaxflower is the third shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Sleepy Hollow and Favorite Jeans. The strip spans from Moonmist at the lightest end to Endless Sea at the deepest. Browsing strip 223 alongside this color helps you gauge whether to go lighter, darker, or stay right here.
Faded Flaxflower in Rooms
Follow Faded Flaxflower from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 2 sourced room photos sit alongside 9 generated visualizations.
1 Bathroom Photo
Against tile, stone, glass, timber and metal fixtures, Faded Flaxflower (9146) may feel quieter, sharper or more atmospheric than the digital swatch alone. An LRV of 43.6 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Bathroom vanity cabinetry in Faded Flaxflower offers soft, serene appeal.
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1 Kitchen Cabinets Photo
Faded Flaxflower (9146) can change noticeably under light moving across doors, rails and recessed panels. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Kitchen cabinets finished in Faded Flaxflower provide calm, understated elegance.
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1 Bedroom Photo
These 1 bedroom image show how Faded Flaxflower (9146) can sit beside bed linen, timber, wool and upholstered textures. The blue hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Faded Flaxflower — industrial bedroom
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1 Dining Room Photo
1 dining room image trace Faded Flaxflower (9146) through the room’s change from everyday meals to evening occasions. Its place within Living Well hints at the range of palettes it can inhabit.
A moody dining room painted in Faded Flaxflower
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1 House Photo
Faded Flaxflower (9146) can change noticeably under full daylight, cloud cover and long evening shadows. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Sherwin-Williams Faded Flaxflower in a traditional house
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1 Front Door Photo
In a small architectural moment with an outsized first impression, the most interesting quality of Faded Flaxflower (9146) may be the way it responds to hardware, glazing, masonry, timber and surrounding trim. The blue hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Faded Flaxflower paint in a classy front door
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1 Home Office Photo
The 1 home office image turn a blue swatch into something more spatial and expressive. Its muted saturation softens the color’s edges, making texture and shadow part of the composition.
neutral home office featuring Faded Flaxflower by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Patio Photo
The 1 patio image turn a blue swatch into something more spatial and expressive. Its muted saturation softens the color’s edges, making texture and shadow part of the composition.
Faded Flaxflower paint in a warm patio
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1 Kitchen Photo
Across 1 kitchen image, Faded Flaxflower (9146) meets daylight, task lighting and evening pendants. Its cool classification can bring a composed, clean tension to warmer finishes.
Faded Flaxflower color — modern luxury kitchen inspiration
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1 Living Room Photo
Against upholstery, timber, art and metal accents, Faded Flaxflower (9146) may feel quieter, sharper or more atmospheric than the digital swatch alone. An LRV of 43.6 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Faded Flaxflower — elegant living room
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1 Mudroom Photo
Faded Flaxflower (9146) can change noticeably under doorway light and the softer illumination of an internal passage. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
A small mudroom painted in Faded Flaxflower
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Coordinating Colors
Icicle reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 44), opening up a space where Faded Flaxflower encloses it.
At LRV 62 vs 44, Gossamer Veil is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 6, Faded Flaxflower is decisively the brighter choice.
Trim Color
Icicle reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 44), opening up a space where Faded Flaxflower encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 44 and 43, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 45 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 4-point LRV gap (48 vs 44) makes Windy Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
French Moire reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Faded Flaxflower reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (44 vs 38) makes Faded Flaxflower the marginally brighter of the two.
A 3-point LRV gap (47 vs 44) makes Lakeside the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 41), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 44 and 41, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
Studio Mauve reads slightly lighter (LRV 50 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (44 vs 35) makes Faded Flaxflower the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 81 vs 44, Heavenly White is decisively the brighter choice.
Original White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 44), opening up a space where Faded Flaxflower encloses it.
Faded Flaxflower reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Faded Flaxflower reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 13), opening up a space where Griffin encloses it.
Faded Flaxflower reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 20), opening up a space where Warm Stone encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Upward reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 44), opening up a space where Faded Flaxflower encloses it.
With LRVs of 45 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 68 vs 44, Hinting Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Mild Blue reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 44), opening up a space where Faded Flaxflower encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (48 vs 44) makes Windy Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
At LRV 44 vs 25, Faded Flaxflower is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (44 vs 35) makes Faded Flaxflower the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 25, Faded Flaxflower is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (44 vs 34) makes Faded Flaxflower the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 25, Faded Flaxflower is decisively the brighter choice.
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Manufacturer description
As soothing and sustaining as a late summer breeze, this gentle blue with its cool yellow and gray undertones brings a fresh and relaxed vibe to your space.