Sonoran Desert

With an LRV of about 50, Sonoran Desert 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.

Sonoran Desert in other brands

• Cheetah Tan KILZ LC230-01 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Hempel 26010 Hempel Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Fortress Stone Glidden 10YY 46/154 Beige Very close ΔE 1.0
• IKEA166 IKEA Beige Very close ΔE 1.0
• Country Rubble Kelly-Moore KM5711-2 Beige Very close ΔE 1.1
• TVT H467 Tikkurila Beige Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Oat Cake Behr 290E-2 Beige
• Brown Teepee Behr 700D-4 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 Turns orange
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Sonoran Desert warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 14.7 and a value of 4.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest KILZ color to Sonoran Desert?

Cheetah Tan (LC230-01), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sonoran Desert?

≈ 50. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.