Sandstorm

With an LRV of about 57, Sandstorm 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.

Sandstorm in other brands

• Hempel 11760 Hempel Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Shiitake C2 Paint C2-911 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Lucerne Jotun 1563 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• IKEA173 IKEA Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Oak Tone Hallman Lindsay 217 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Oak Tone Vista C-216 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Sentimental Beige Behr YL-W13 Beige
• Saturn Gray Behr UL190-7 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• 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 Sandstorm warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 10.0 and a value of -0.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hempel color to Sandstorm?

Hempel 11760 (11760), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sandstorm?

≈ 57. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.