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Kalahari Sunset

Behr MQ1-25

HEX
#9F5440
RGB
159, 84, 64
LAB
44.4, 29.1, 25.5
LRV
≈ 14
Family
Brown, warm
Nearest RAL
8004 Copper Brown
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With an LRV of about 14, Kalahari Sunset absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Kalahari Sunset in other brands

Lighter and darker in Behr

How it looks with color blindness

  • Deuteranopia Reads as olive
  • Protanopia Reads as olive
  • Tritanopia Reads as red
  • Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

  • Warm bulb, 2700 K Close to listed
  • Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
  • Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Kalahari Sunset warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 25.5 and a value of 29.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest PPG color to Kalahari Sunset?

Ancient Copper (1063-7), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Kalahari Sunset?

≈ 14. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.