Authentic Tan

With an LRV of about 73, Authentic Tan reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Authentic Tan in other brands

• Pine Nut Asian Paints 3196 Beige Very close ΔE 0.2
• Adobe Sand Kelly-Moore KMW35-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Navajo White Sherwin-Williams 6126 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Antique Ivory Berger Paints 2P0043 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Camel Tan Glidden PPG12-13 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Hempel 24502 Hempel Beige Very close ΔE 0.5

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Desert Powder Behr PPL-31 Beige
• Parachute Silk Behr UL160-16 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 Turns light orange
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Authentic Tan warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 12.9 and a value of 0.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Asian Paints color to Authentic Tan?

Pine Nut (3196), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Authentic Tan?

≈ 73. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.