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
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
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Behr
- Ivory Mist Behr 750C-1 White
- Gratifying Gray Behr DC-008 Light Gray
- Very close ΔE 0.0
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.