Merino Wool

With an LRV of about 54, Merino Wool 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.

Merino Wool in other brands

• Hempel 20144 Hempel Beige Very close ΔE 0.3
• Royal Benjamin Moore CSP-315 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Hopsack Valspar 3003-10B Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Lambswool Pratt & Lambert 11-30 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Bleached Baobab Plascon Y2-C2-2 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Bronze Mist KILZ TB-13 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Behr

• High Style Beige Behr N270-1 Beige
• Safari Chic Behr MQ2-20 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 Merino Wool warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 11.3 and a value of 1.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hempel color to Merino Wool?

Hempel 20144 (20144), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Merino Wool?

≈ 54. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.