Adobe Sand

With an LRV of about 65, Adobe Sand reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Adobe Sand in other brands

• Sand Dune Dunn-Edwards DE6128 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Caramel Blush 5 Dulux UK 1186534 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• White Benjamin Moore 1080 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Clambake Kelly-Moore KM5691-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• TVT G465 Tikkurila Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Flax Pratt & Lambert 7-31 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Orange Confection Behr 270E-1 Beige
• Avenue Tan Behr HDC-AC-04 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as pink
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns light orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Adobe Sand warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 11.1 and a value of 3.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to Adobe Sand?

Sand Dune (DE6128), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Adobe Sand?

≈ 65. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.