Simple White
There is more to Sherwin-Williams Simple White (7021) than the swatch alone: its depth, undertones and setting all shape the final impression. Its beige, greige and white classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#DFD9D2LRV
69.82
Simple White's Color Strip
Simple White is the seventh shade on this 7-color strip, the deepest shade in this coordinated family. Color strip 260 groups these shades together so you can see how each reads next to its neighbors.
Simple White in Rooms
Follow Simple White from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 7 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 Kitchen Cabinets Photo
Simple White (7021) moves through 1 kitchen cabinets image without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials.
Kitchen cabinetry in Simple White brightens the cooking space elegantly.
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1 Living Room Photo
The room’s shift from daytime energy to evening calm can draw different notes from Simple White (7021). The beige, greige, white hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Living room walls in Simple White create an open, airy feeling.
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3 Misc Photos
Simple White (7021) brings its purple character into an assortment of spaces that reveals the color outside a single design formula. Its brighter saturation allows the hue to remain present rather than fading quietly into the background.
Walls throughout painted in Simple White establish a fresh, clean canvas.
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Interior walls in Simple White provide timeless, versatile backdrop.
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Crisp walls in Simple White create a bright, airy foundation for any room.
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2 Bathroom Photos
Viewed across 2 bathroom images in a compact setting where tile, fixtures and color sit close together, Simple White (7021) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. An LRV of 69.8 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Bathroom walls in Simple White amplify light and enhance cleanliness.
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Bathroom tiles and fixtures pop against walls painted in Simple White.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 83 vs 70, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 70), opening up a space where Simple White encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 37, Simple White is decisively the brighter choice.
Trim Color
At LRV 83 vs 70, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 70 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 72 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 72 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (74 vs 70) makes Incredible White the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (73 vs 70) makes Eider White the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Aesthetic White reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (73 vs 70) makes Nice White the marginally brighter of the two.
Complementary Colors
Simple White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 6), opening up a space where Mount Etna encloses it.
Simple White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 34), opening up a space where Debonair encloses it.
Simple White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 7), opening up a space where Tarragon encloses it.
Simple White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 11), opening up a space where Rain Cloud encloses it.
Simple White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 7), opening up a space where Sea Mariner encloses it.
With LRVs of 70 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 70 vs 20, Simple White is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
Heavenly White reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (74 vs 70) makes Original White the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 73 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (73 vs 70) makes Eider White the marginally brighter of the two.
A 4-point LRV gap (74 vs 70) makes Incredible White the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
A 9-point LRV gap (70 vs 61) makes Simple White the marginally brighter of the two.
Simple White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 37), opening up a space where Tony Taupe encloses it.
Simple White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 38), opening up a space where Perfect Khaki encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 46, Simple White is decisively the brighter choice.
Simple White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 53), opening up a space where Twilight Gray encloses it.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
This go-to, bright bedroom white is a versatile backdrop to more saturated or vibrant colors. Its cool violet undertone lends it a gentle but solid presence.
Attributed to Sherwin-Williams catalog data.