The color eggshell is meant as a representation of the average color of a chicken egg.

Eggshell
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#F0EAD6
sRGBB (r, g, b)(240, 234, 214)
HSV (h, s, v)(46°, 11%, 94%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(93, 16, 74°)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorPale yellow green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

In interior design, the color eggshell is commonly used when one desires a pale, warm, neutral, off-white color.

Paint gloss

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Eggshell paint also refers to a type of hard-wearing wall paint with the same matte sheen as an egg's shell, rather than the same color; consequently eggshell paint can be any color, not just off-white.

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