Heirloom Silver
With a focus on versatile tones, Heirloom Silver (PPU25-08) is a standout paint color in our database. It was selected for this featured gallery for its ability to add character and warmth to any space. See it applied across 5 real world scenarios and find professional pairing data below.
Hex
#b5b6ad
LRV
46.07
Heirloom Silver in Real Rooms
Heirloom Silver has a medium-high LRV of 46.07 — present enough to register on the wall without making a room feel heavy. It's neutral in temperature, making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations.
1 Misc Photo
Heirloom Silver shows up in some unexpected spaces in these photos — hallways, laundry rooms, and accent walls. Each one makes the case that the color's versatility extends well beyond the obvious applications into every corner of the home.
Soft walls in Heirloom Silver provide a timeless, elegant backdrop.
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2 Kitchen Photos
The challenge with kitchen color is longevity: it needs to look right at 7am under bright task lights and at dinner with the pendants dimmed low. Heirloom Silver manages to bridge all three lighting scenarios with ease, which is a rarer quality in a paint pigment than it sounds.
Kitchen cabinetry in Heirloom Silver brightens the space with understated elegance.
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Painted kitchen walls in Heirloom Silver reflect light and enhance openness.
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1 Living Room Photo
The beauty of Heirloom Silver in a living room lies in its versatility with textures. It provides a smooth, matte-like quality that contrasts beautifully against plush velvet sofas or chunky wool rugs. It's a color that invites you to stay a little longer, creating an atmosphere that feels established rather than just decorated.
Hallway trim and walls in Heirloom Silver create seamless flow throughout.
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1 Dining Room Photo
Pairing Heirloom Silver with a white ceiling and high white wainscoting creates a classic, high-contrast look that is perfect for a traditional dining space. It brings a sense of architectural rhythm and formality that is hard to achieve with lighter tones.
Dining room walls wrapped in Heirloom Silver enhance natural and artificial light.
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Similar Colors
A 10-point LRV gap (56 vs 46) makes Silver Bullet the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Heirloom Silver reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 26), opening up a space where Naturalist Gray encloses it.
Heirloom Silver reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 46 vs 7, Heirloom Silver is decisively the brighter choice.