Porridge Oat is a white from Johnstone's, hex #E5E7E5. Its light reflectance value is 79.5, so it reflects a lot of light and will brighten a darker room.
- HEX
- #E5E7E5
- RGB
- 229, 231, 229
- HSL
- 120°, 4%, 90%
- CMYK
- 1, 0, 1, 9
- LRV
- 79.5
See it on the walls
A whole room in this colour, lit by daylight.
Try it by lamplight, from another angle, or with a different white on the trim, then share the link. It's a rendered room on a screen, so treat it as a guide and try a sample pot before you commit.
Or point your phone at your own wall and watch it change to this colour, on your device, with nothing uploaded.
Closest matches
The nearest paint from each other brand, closest first, or pick a brand for its closest few.
The closest matches to Porridge Oat are Pure White OC-64 by Benjamin Moore (excellent match), 75GY 81005 by Dulux Trade (excellent match) and Quartz Flint 4 by Dulux (excellent match).
ΔE is the colour difference: under 1.5 is hard to tell apart, under 3.5 reads as the same colour, and past 6 is a different colour.
Benjamin Moore equivalents to Johnstone's Porridge Oat
Benjamin Moore has 5 equivalents to Johnstone's's Porridge Oat, closest first. Compare Johnstone's and Benjamin Moore range to range.
Dulux Trade equivalents to Johnstone's Porridge Oat
Dulux Trade has 5 equivalents to Johnstone's's Porridge Oat, closest first. Compare Johnstone's and Dulux Trade range to range.
Dulux equivalents to Johnstone's Porridge Oat
Dulux has 5 equivalents to Johnstone's's Porridge Oat, closest first. Compare Johnstone's and Dulux range to range.
Crown equivalents to Johnstone's Porridge Oat
Crown has 5 equivalents to Johnstone's's Porridge Oat, closest first. Compare Johnstone's and Crown range to range.
Colourtrend equivalents to Johnstone's Porridge Oat
Colourtrend has 5 equivalents to Johnstone's's Porridge Oat, closest first. Compare Johnstone's and Colourtrend range to range.
Curator equivalents to Johnstone's Porridge Oat
Curator has 5 equivalents to Johnstone's's Porridge Oat, closest first. Compare Johnstone's and Curator range to range.
Farrelly & Co equivalents to Johnstone's Porridge Oat
Farrelly & Co has 3 equivalents to Johnstone's's Porridge Oat, closest first, then 2 near misses. Compare Johnstone's and Farrelly & Co range to range.
Dulux Heritage equivalents to Johnstone's Porridge Oat
Dulux Heritage has 5 equivalents to Johnstone's's Porridge Oat, closest first. Compare Johnstone's and Dulux Heritage range to range.
Acres Hall equivalents to Johnstone's Porridge Oat
Acres Hall has 5 equivalents to Johnstone's's Porridge Oat, closest first. Compare Johnstone's and Acres Hall range to range.
Farrow & Ball equivalents to Johnstone's Porridge Oat
Farrow & Ball has 5 equivalents to Johnstone's's Porridge Oat, closest first. Compare Johnstone's and Farrow & Ball range to range.
Fleetwood equivalents to Johnstone's Porridge Oat
Fleetwood has 5 equivalents to Johnstone's's Porridge Oat, closest first. Compare Johnstone's and Fleetwood range to range.
Alchemist equivalents to Johnstone's Porridge Oat
Alchemist has 4 equivalents to Johnstone's's Porridge Oat, closest first, then 1 near miss. Compare Johnstone's and Alchemist range to range.
Little Greene equivalents to Johnstone's Porridge Oat
Little Greene has 4 equivalents to Johnstone's's Porridge Oat, closest first, then 1 near miss. Compare Johnstone's and Little Greene range to range.
Lick equivalents to Johnstone's Porridge Oat
Lick has 4 equivalents to Johnstone's's Porridge Oat, closest first, then 1 near miss. Compare Johnstone's and Lick range to range.
Ronseal equivalents to Johnstone's Porridge Oat
Ronseal has 2 equivalents to Johnstone's's Porridge Oat, closest first, then 3 near misses. Compare Johnstone's and Ronseal range to range.
Compare whole ranges
Johnstone's against another brand, a cross-section at a time.
Works well with
Real paints for each job in the room: the trim, the walls around it, deeper and paler versions, and an accent.
Wall colours
Colours that share this white's undertone, for the walls it will sit against.
Where it sits in the Whites
Swatcher lays each family out as one long colour card, from the heart of the family outwards. These are the chips either side of Porridge Oat on it, so some of them look quite different.
Porridge Oat is the 90th of 1,844 whites Swatcher knows about.