Opalescent
SW 9686 · Sherwin-Williams
Opalescent SW 9686 as a flat swatch, not a painted room
Sherwin-Williams
Opalescent
SW 9686
Faint violet-pink, a very subtle lean
- Color family
- Purple
- Sold for
- Interior and exterior
Sherwin-Williams Opalescent SW 9686 is an off-white purple paint color with a faint violet-pink undertone and an LRV of 75, light and airy, with enough contrast to read as a color next to bright white trim.
Source: Sherwin-Williams's color data. Undertone labels describe our calculation, not the paint formula or a test in your room. How we assess colors.
Is Opalescent warm or cool? Undertones by the numbers
too close to gray to lean
Undertone
Faint violet-pink
Barely off gray.
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