a flat tile of warm pale beige-white paint

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Oyster White Light

2026 Paint PaintSAP1110-45

Oyster White Light is a pale, warming neutral in Sanderson’s 2026 Paint range. It sits between white and beige, with a calm oyster tint that feels easy to live with.

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About this colour

In #E5DCCB, Oyster White Light reads as a light warm neutral rather than a true white, so it softens a room without looking creamy or grey. The Active Emulsion finish gives it a clean wall presence, while Waterbased Eggshell will show the same colour with a slightly more tailored look on woodwork. In north-facing light it can look a little cooler and more subdued, but it keeps its beige warmth and avoids turning chalky. In south-facing rooms it brightens nicely and becomes more sunlit, with the oyster tone sitting comfortably beside natural timber, limestone, linen, and upholstered pieces in stone, taupe, or muted green.

How to use it

Use it in sitting rooms, bedrooms, or hallways where you want a light backdrop that stays warm beside painted skirting, joinery, and shelving. It works well with oak, cane, mushroom-coloured upholstery, and curtains in softened neutrals or faded blue-greens.

A light warm neutral that gives walls a softer look than white.

Sanderson 2026 Paint Paint

Specification

Brand: Sanderson
Colour: #E5DCCB
Colour family: 2026 Paint
Finish: Active Emulsion, Waterbased Eggshell
Product type: Paint

Specification as published by Sanderson. We will confirm the current details with them before you order.

Order it with the cloth

A pot comes off the same order as the fabric, so the wall and the chair in front of it are chosen together. The making is ours: cut, sewn and fitted in our own Heybridge workshop, with Simon over every stage.

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Pairs well with

Oyster White Light is a wall colour, so these are the cloths that sit against it: one of them on the curtains, the paint behind. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.