Hourglass
Hourglass is a beige paint color from PPG, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its beige and greige classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#e5e0d5LRV
75.00
Hourglass's Color Strip
Hourglass is the first shade on this 7-color strip, the lightest in this coordinated family. Strip PPG1022 makes it easy to compare shades side by side and find the right depth for your space.
Hourglass in Rooms
Follow Hourglass 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 Dining Room Photo
The room’s change from everyday meals to evening occasions can draw different notes from Hourglass (PPG1022-1). The beige, greige hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Hourglass paint in a elegant dining room
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1 Front Door Photo
Hourglass (PPG1022-1) moves through 1 front door image without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its LRV of 75 gives it a light-reflective character, though shadows and neighboring finishes can still draw out surprising depth.
classy front door featuring Hourglass by PPG
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1 Bedroom Photo
In a room designed around rest, softness and retreat, the most interesting quality of Hourglass (PPG1022-1) may be the way it responds to bed linen, timber, wool and upholstered textures. The beige, greige hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
A cozy bedroom painted in Hourglass
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1 Bathroom Photo
Viewed across 1 bathroom image in a compact setting where tile, fixtures and color sit close together, Hourglass (PPG1022-1) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. Its LRV of 75 gives it a light-reflective character, though shadows and neighboring finishes can still draw out surprising depth.
Hourglass — traditional bathroom
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1 Home Office Photo
Hourglass (PPG1022-1) can change noticeably under daylight beside desk lamps and screen glow. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
PPG Hourglass in a contemporary home office
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1 Patio Photo
1 generated visualization explores how the color might shape the finished space. Together they show Hourglass (PPG1022-1) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
industrial patio featuring Hourglass by PPG
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1 Kitchen Photo
Against stone, timber, tile and metal finishes, Hourglass (PPG1022-1) may feel quieter, sharper or more atmospheric than the digital swatch alone. Its LRV of 75 gives it a light-reflective character, though shadows and neighboring finishes can still draw out surprising depth.
Hourglass — earthy kitchen
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1 Mudroom Photo
Hourglass (PPG1022-1) brings its beige character into a practical threshold where the outdoors enters the home. Its LRV of 75 gives it a light-reflective character, though shadows and neighboring finishes can still draw out surprising depth.
Hourglass paint in a classy mudroom
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1 Living Room Photo
1 living room image trace Hourglass (PPG1022-1) through the room’s shift from daytime energy to evening calm. The beige, greige hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
A elegant living room painted in Hourglass
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1 House Photo
The 1 house image turn a beige swatch into something more spatial and expressive. Its LRV of 75 gives it a light-reflective character, though shadows and neighboring finishes can still draw out surprising depth.
Hourglass color — eclectic house inspiration
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Coordinating Colors
Hourglass reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 47), opening up a space where Happy Trails encloses it.
Hourglass reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 57), opening up a space where Ostrich Feather encloses it.
Trim Color
Lotus Petal reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 88 vs 75, Delicate White is decisively the brighter choice.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Hourglass is a pale, gray, taupe beige with a pink undertone. It is a perfect paint color for a main wall or trim. Pair it with many colors.