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Ginger Sugar

Behr MQ3-18

HEX
#DDDACE
RGB
221, 218, 206
LAB
87.0, -1.1, 6.3
LRV
≈ 70
Family
Light Gray, warm
Nearest RAL
9002 Grey White
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With an LRV of about 70, Ginger Sugar 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.

Ginger Sugar in other brands

  • Saturnia Hallman Lindsay 369 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
  • Southern Breeze Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
  • Athena Benjamin Moore 858 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
  • Cricket White C2 Paint C2-916 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
  • September Fog Valspar 6003-1A Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
  • Hempel 10590 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Behr

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Ginger Sugar warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.3 and a value of -1.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hallman Lindsay color to Ginger Sugar?

Saturnia (369), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Ginger Sugar?

≈ 70. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.