French Beige

With an LRV of about 59, French Beige 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.

French Beige in other brands

• Desert Suede Dunn-Edwards DE6206 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Khaki Mists 4 Dulux UK 1186862 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Garden Swing Berger Paints 8T2738 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Latte Nippon Paint NP N 3211P Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Golden Pop Plascon 33 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Sourdough Johnstone's Beige Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Serengeti Dust Behr T12-15 Beige
• Pasha Brown Behr MQ2-51 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 orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is French Beige warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 11.1 and a value of 1.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to French Beige?

Desert Suede (DE6206), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of French Beige?

≈ 59. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.