Porcelain
Porcelain is a White paint color from Sherwin-Williams, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its brighter saturation keeps the hue present and expressive, even when the overall color is pale. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#E9E0D5LRV
75.44
Porcelain in Rooms
Follow Porcelain from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 8 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
3 Dining Room Photos
Porcelain (0053) moves through 3 dining room images without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials.
Dining room walls in Porcelain create an airy, sophisticated gathering space.
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Walls painted Porcelain enhance this dining room with crisp, clean brightness.
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Porcelain walls make this dining space feel fresh and architecturally defined.
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1 Misc Photo
Across 1 misc image, Porcelain (0053) meets the varied light of hallways, corners and transitional rooms. Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials.
Fireplace wall in Porcelain brightens this room with clean, classic elegance.
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4 Living Room Photos
The beige hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes. In this setting, let the movement from window light to lamplight and upholstery, timber, art and metal accents guide the final sample decision.
Fireplace accent wall in Porcelain anchors the living room with cool sophistication.
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Living room walls in Porcelain establish a light, airy, modern atmosphere.
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Walls painted Porcelain brighten this living space with refined neutral clarity.
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Porcelain walls wrap this living room in calm, sophisticated brightness.
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Coordinating Colors
Porcelain reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 53), opening up a space where Classic Sand encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 36, Porcelain is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 73), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 75 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 76 vs 75), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 75 and 73, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 75 and 73, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 73), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Porcelain reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 77 vs 75), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 75 vs 6, Porcelain is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 11, Porcelain is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 7, Porcelain is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (75 vs 69) makes Porcelain the marginally brighter of the two.
Porcelain reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 20), opening up a space where Soulful Blue encloses it.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 75 and 73, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 76 vs 75), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 77 and 75, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 73), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Marshmallow reads slightly lighter (LRV 82 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Porcelain reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 42), opening up a space where Townhall Tan encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 42, Porcelain is decisively the brighter choice.
Porcelain reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 41), opening up a space where Basket Beige encloses it.
Porcelain reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 46), opening up a space where Nomadic Desert encloses it.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
This historical white hasn’t gone out of style since its arrival early in the 20th century. Give your space a classic refresh with this bright warm white.
Attributed to Sherwin-Williams catalog data.