The color eggshell is meant as a representation of the average color of a
chicken egg.
In
interior design, the color ''eggshell'' is commonly used when one desires a pale, warm, neutral,
off-white color.
Paint gloss
''Eggshell paint'' also refers to a ''type'' of hard-wearing wall paint with the same matte
sheen
Sheen may refer to:
Places
* Sheen or West Sheen, an alternative name for Richmond, London, England
** East Sheen
** North Sheen
** Sheen Priory
* Sheen, Staffordshire, a village and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands, England
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as an egg's shell, rather than the same color; consequently eggshell paint can be any color, not just off-white.
See also
*
Robin egg blue, also known as eggshell blue
*
List of colors
References
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