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Cottage Hill

Behr HDC-CT-28

HEX
#ACB397
RGB
172, 179, 151
LAB
71.7, -7.5, 13.5
LRV
≈ 43
Family
Green, warm
Nearest RAL
7032 Pebble Grey
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With an LRV of about 43, Cottage Hill is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Cottage Hill in other brands

  • Hazy Jade Valspar 6001-3C Green Very close ΔE 0.9
  • Herb Bouquet Asian Paints 8417 Green Very close ΔE 1.1
  • Ming C2 Paint C2-686 Green Very close ΔE 1.1
  • Foille Dulux Australia S20C3 Green Very close ΔE 1.4
  • Balsam Nerolac 2488 Green Very close ΔE 1.4
  • Boringdon Green Little Greene Green Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Behr

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

  • Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns yellow
  • Neutral, 4000 K Turns yellow
  • Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Cottage Hill warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 13.5 and a value of -7.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Valspar color to Cottage Hill?

Hazy Jade (6001-3C), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Cottage Hill?

≈ 43. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.