Intricate Ivory
Often used for its bright and airy qualities, Intricate Ivory remains a staple for Sherwin-Williams designers. It is widely considered one of the best colors in its class to maximize natural light while maintaining a clean, neutral backdrop. We've gathered 10 real-home scenarios to help you visualize this color alongside our expert data.
Hex
#EDDDCA
LRV
73.98
Intricate Ivory's Color Strip
Intricate Ivory is the fourth shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Biscuit and Choice Cream. The strip spans from Cotton White at the lightest end to Irish Cream at the deepest. As part of strip 265, these colors are curated to work together — helpful when you're deciding how light or deep to go.
Intricate Ivory in Real Rooms
Intricate Ivory has a high LRV of 73.98 — it reflects a lot of light and will read pale and airy in most spaces. It's neutral in temperature and , making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the White family, the photos below show it applied in a front door, bathroom, bedroom, home office, dining room, house, living room, kitchen, mudroom and patio.
1 Front Door Photo
The front door is a great place to experiment with higher sheen levels. Intricate Ivory in a high-gloss finish creates a mirror-like surface that looks incredibly expensive and traditional, echoing the grand entryways of London or New York.
scandinavian front door featuring Intricate Ivory by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Bathroom Photo
For bathrooms with limited natural light, Intricate Ivory provides a necessary "glow." It uses its subtle undertones to mimic the warmth of sunlight, preventing the space from feeling subterranean or overly dark, even in windowless layouts.
Intricate Ivory — earthy bathroom
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1 Bedroom Photo
For guest bedrooms, Intricate Ivory is a welcoming embrace. It's a universally appealing tone that feels clean and fresh for new arrivals, yet has enough "personality" to make their stay feel special and considered. It works across all seasons, feeling cool in summer and cozy in winter.
A organic modern bedroom painted in Intricate Ivory
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1 Home Office Photo
Intricate Ivory in an office encourages a "deep work" mindset. Its depth and maturity create an environment of gravitas, helping you take your own projects and ambitions more seriously through the sheer atmosphere of the room.
Sherwin-Williams Intricate Ivory in a art deco home office
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1 Dining Room Photo
Intricate Ivory in the dining room sets a tone of warmth and occasion. Whether used on all four walls or as a single statement wall behind a sideboard, it creates the kind of atmosphere that makes every dinner feel like a special event.
Intricate Ivory paint in a traditional dining room
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1 House Photo
Exterior paint earns its keep over years, not months — it needs to handle bleaching summers, wet winters, and the slow shifts of a neighborhood's context. Intricate Ivory has the depth and pigment quality to age gracefully through all of it.
Intricate Ivory color — scandinavian house inspiration
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1 Living Room Photo
Few colors transition as gracefully from day to evening as Intricate Ivory. In natural light, it reads clean, grounded, and modern; by candlelight or lamp, it deepens into something much more soulful. For a living room that needs to function as a bright morning coffee spot and a moody evening lounge, that tonal range is an invaluable asset.
A scandinavian living room painted in Intricate Ivory
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1 Kitchen Photo
In a modern kitchen, Intricate Ivory provides the necessary "organic" touch to offset stainless steel appliances and glass backsplashes. It prevents the kitchen from feeling like a laboratory, injecting a much-needed sense of domestic warmth and culinary inspiration.
Intricate Ivory — earthy kitchen
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1 Mudroom Photo
Painting mudroom cubbies and benches in Intricate Ivory creates a built-in look that feels like a deliberate part of the home's architecture. It turns a utilitarian storage area into a sophisticated "moment" in the house's layout.
Intricate Ivory paint in a traditional mudroom
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1 Patio Photo
Intricate Ivory is particularly effective when used on a garden wall as a backdrop for plants. The deep tone makes the bright greens of leaves and the vibrant colors of flowers look almost neon in their intensity, creating a high-design garden look.
contemporary patio featuring Intricate Ivory by Sherwin-Williams
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Coordinating Colors
Creamy reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 74 vs 37, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
Trim Color
Creamy reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 74 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 76 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 77 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Intricate Ivory reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Intricate Ivory reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (78 vs 74) makes Champagne the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 77 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 74 and 72, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 6-point LRV gap (80 vs 74) makes Eggwhite the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 74 and 72, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 74 vs 6, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 34, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 7, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 11, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 7, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Intricate Ivory the marginally brighter of the two.
Intricate Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 20), opening up a space where Soulful Blue encloses it.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 74 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 76 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 76 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 75 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 77 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Darker Colors
Intricate Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 62), opening up a space where Interactive Cream encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 46, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 54, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 46, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (74 vs 64) makes Intricate Ivory the marginally brighter of the two.