Pure Earth

With an LRV of about 31, Pure Earth is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Pure Earth in other brands

• Rock Outcrop Plascon O7-D1-4 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Sanderling Sherwin-Williams 7513 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• A5310U Crown Beige Very close ΔE 1.1
• Clay Ball MyPerfectColor MP11949 Beige Very close ΔE 1.1
• Scout C2 Paint C2-826 Beige Very close ΔE 1.2
• Lap Dog Kelly-Moore KM5798-3 Beige Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Brown Teepee Behr 700D-4 Beige
• Sofisticata Behr PPU7-3A Brown

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Pure Earth warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 13.2 and a value of 3.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Plascon color to Pure Earth?

Rock Outcrop (O7-D1-4), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Pure Earth?

≈ 31. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.