Oak Creek

With an LRV of about 9, Oak Creek 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.

Oak Creek in other brands

• Gargoyle Vista C-549 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Split Rock Kelly-Moore KM4918-5 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Noble Steed Dulux Australia S07B8 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Browned Nippon Paint NP AC 3444A Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• TVT Q683 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Branchport Benjamin Moore HC-72 Brown Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Wright Brown Behr N140-6 Gray
• Bitter Chocolate Behr 790B-7 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns brown
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Oak Creek warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.5 and a value of 4.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Oak Creek?

Gargoyle (C-549), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Oak Creek?

≈ 9. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.