Wind's Breath

OC-24 · Benjamin Moore

Benjamin Moore

Wind's Breath

OC-24

Hex code

#DFDBCD

Light reflectance value (LRV)

69.6Light, brightens without washing out

0 black100 white

Undertone

Subtle yellow-beige, a warm color

Color family: White
Sold for: Interior and exterior

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Benjamin Moore Wind's Breath OC-24, often typed without the apostrophe, is a warm greige that sits right on the line between an off-white and a light neutral. Its LRV of 70 is the range that brightens a room and still leaves the walls reading as a color next to white trim. It is a common choice for open main floors and for rooms with a mix of wood and gray, where a true white would look bare and a beige would look heavy.

Is Wind's Breath warm or cool? Undertones by the numbers

leans yellow

Undertone

Subtle yellow-beige

graysaturated

A gentle lean, quiet on the wall.

The measurement is a moderate yellow with a small green shadow and no red anywhere in it, which is why Wind's Breath stays greige rather than sliding to tan or pink. There is more yellow here than in the gray-leaning off-whites and clearly less than in the creams, so the color lands in the middle and stays there. Against white trim it shows as a soft warm gray. Against a walnut floor it looks lighter and cooler than the chip. Compared with Pale Oak OC-20, which sits at nearly the same brightness, it is the warmer of the two by a visible margin.

Wind's Breath in north, south, east and west light

In a north-facing room the yellow retreats and Wind's Breath turns into a soft warm gray, and that greige version is what most people are actually buying, since it is the exposure the color is recommended for most often. South light does the opposite and brings the warmth up until the walls read as a light cream by mid-afternoon. An east room is warmest at breakfast and grayer by dinner. Late west sun leaves a gold band across the wall it hits. Bulbs between 2700K and 3000K hold the balance, and cooler lamps take the warmth out without adding brightness.

Watch for

It swings further between morning and evening than its lightness suggests
On the wall facing away from the window it can read as a plain gray
Beside a cream white ceiling the walls lose their warmth entirely

Best rooms and surfaces for Wind's Breath

Wind's Breath is a living room and open-plan color first, which is where most of its searches come from: light enough for a room with one window, warm enough to sit with an oak floor, quiet enough that art and furniture stay the subject. It runs through halls and bedrooms in the same house without a break. On cabinets it reads as a warm greige rather than a white, which suits a laundry or a mudroom better than a bright kitchen. A bathroom with cool gray tile makes it look muddy. As a ceiling it is too heavy over walls in the same color; a lighter white overhead keeps the room open.

Wind's Breath on an exterior

Benjamin Moore sells Wind's Breath for exterior use, and it makes a soft body color on a house that should look light without being white. In full sun the greige lifts and the walls read close to a warm off-white, while the shaded elevations and porch ceilings hold the gray. It suits stone, a shingle roof and bronze or black windows, and it takes a white trim comfortably because there is a real step between them. On a shaded lot it will read grayer all year than the chip suggests.

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Wind's Breath vs Pale Oak, Edgecomb Gray, Ballet White and Shoji White

Living room walls rendered in Benjamin Moore Pale Oak OC-20, white trim, ceiling and wood floor unchanged

Wind's Breath vs Pale Oak OC-20

Wind's Breath is a touch lighter; both have a subtle yellow-beige undertone.

This is the comparison people actually search, and the two are close: barely a point of brightness apart, with Wind's Breath holding noticeably more yellow. That extra warmth is what separates them on a wall, since Pale Oak OC-20 leans neutral and can look cool in a north room while Wind's Breath keeps a soft warmth there. Rooms with cool tile or gray stone take Pale Oak; rooms with oak floors and warm light take Wind's Breath.

Living room walls rendered in Benjamin Moore Edgecomb Gray HC-173, white trim, ceiling and wood floor unchanged

Wind's Breath vs Edgecomb Gray HC-173

Wind's Breath is noticeably lighter; undertone subtle yellow-beige vs noticeable yellow-beige.

Edgecomb Gray HC-173 runs about six and a half points darker with a similar warm lean, so it is the same idea carried further down the scale. On a wall it reads as a proper greige with real depth, while Wind's Breath still hovers near off-white. Small rooms and rooms with poor light do better with Wind's Breath. A big open floor with plenty of glass can take Edgecomb Gray without going dark.

Living room walls rendered in Benjamin Moore Ballet White OC-9, white trim, ceiling and wood floor unchanged

Wind's Breath vs Ballet White OC-9

Wind's Breath is a touch darker; undertone subtle yellow-beige vs noticeable yellow-beige.

Ballet White OC-9 is roughly two points brighter and holds more yellow, so the pair splits along the cream and greige line rather than the light and dark one. Ballet White looks like a warm off-white in most rooms. Wind's Breath looks like a light warm gray in most rooms. Anyone choosing between them is really deciding whether the walls should add cream to the house or take it away.

Living room walls rendered in Sherwin-Williams Shoji White SW 7042, white trim, ceiling and wood floor unchanged

Wind's Breath vs Shoji White SW 7042

Wind's Breath is noticeably darker; both have a subtle yellow-beige undertone.

Shoji White SW 7042 is about four points brighter and carries a faint trace of red, giving it a taupe quality that Wind's Breath does not have. Both are used for the same job, a warm neutral that is not quite a white. The Sherwin-Williams color is the softer and slightly pinker of the two, and Wind's Breath is the more straightforwardly gray, which matters most next to a beige carpet or a warm stone.

Questions about Wind's Breath

Does Wind's Breath look green or pink?

Neither in any real sense. The measurement is a moderate yellow with a faint green shadow and no red at all, so it cannot go pink, and the green is far too small to be seen as a color. Where people report green, it is usually a warm gray wall reflecting a lawn through a window or sitting beside a green-gray tile.

Is Wind's Breath a good living room color?

It is one of its most common uses. In a living room the color reads as a warm neutral that lets a sofa, a rug and artwork carry the room, and it holds up in the middle of an open plan where several light sources meet. Warm wood and black metal both sit with it. Where a living room faces north and stays dim all day, expect the gray rather than the warmth.

Is there a Sherwin-Williams version of Wind's Breath?

Oat Milk SW 9501 is the nearest Sherwin-Williams color by measurement and is very close, though it has no page here. Of the ones that do, Natural Choice SW 7011 and Oyster White SW 7637 are both close matches, each about three points brighter with a similar warm lean. Any of the three would be hard to tell apart from Wind's Breath on a finished wall.

What colors go with Wind's Breath?

Benjamin Moore's palette runs Vanilla Milkshake OC-59 as the light partner, then Rockport Gray HC-105, Pashmina AF-100 and Silhouette AF-655, the brand's Color of the Year for 2026. That deep warm gray is the useful one, since a greige this light needs something dark in the room to give it a job. Oak, brass and black hardware all pair easily.

What is one shade lighter than Wind's Breath?

There is no strip printed for it, so the nearest colors set the steps. Hushed Hue 1520 is barely more than a point brighter with the same warmth, and Gray Mist OC-30 is about three points up and a shade cooler. Going the other way, Ashwood OC-47 is roughly two and a half points darker and reads as a clear greige.

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