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Silk Star

Silk Star is a beige paint color from PPG, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its beige and yellow classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.

LRV

82.00

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Light Reflectance Value
82.00
Light
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Silk Star's Color Strip

Silk Star is the second shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Oyster Cracker and Butter Cookie. The strip spans from Oyster Cracker at the lightest end to Obsession at the deepest. Browsing strip PPG1108 alongside this color helps you gauge whether to go lighter, darker, or stay right here.

Coordinating Colors

Black Magic
Black Magic
Silk Star
Black Magic vs Silk Star
PPG
Black Magic
PPG1001-7 · LRV 4
PPG
Silk Star
PPG1108-2 · LRV 82

At LRV 82 vs 4, Silk Star is decisively the brighter choice.

Trim Color

Horseradish
Silk Star
Horseradish vs Silk Star
PPG
Horseradish
PPG1086-1 · LRV 81
PPG
Silk Star
PPG1108-2 · LRV 82

With LRVs of 82 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.

Delicate White
Delicate White
Silk Star
Delicate White vs Silk Star
PPG
Delicate White
PPG1001-1 · LRV 88
PPG
Silk Star
PPG1108-2 · LRV 82

A 6-point LRV gap (88 vs 82) makes Delicate White the marginally brighter of the two.

Color Codes

RGB245, 238, 198
HSL51° 70% 87%
CIE LabL: 93.7 a: -4.0 b: 20.2
XYZX: 78.42 Y: 84.64 Z: 65.62
StripPPG1108 pos. 2

Manufacturer description

Silk Star is a light, subdued, budding yellow with a sage undertone. It is a perfect paint color for a classroom, study, nursery or bedroom. Pair it with nautical and dusty blues and soft reds.

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