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Varnished Ivory

Behr MQ3-40

HEX
#E5DCCC
RGB
229, 220, 204
LAB
88.1, 0.4, 9.0
LRV
≈ 72
Family
Beige, warm
Nearest RAL
9001 Cream
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With an LRV of about 72, Varnished Ivory reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Varnished Ivory in other brands

  • Hog Bristle® Half Dulux Australia S14D1H Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
  • Moon Dance Kelly-Moore KM4702-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
  • Ivory Tower Nippon Paint NP OW 2246P Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
  • Linger C2 Paint C2-899 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
  • Curry 20 Caparol 3D Curry 20 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Chalk Gray Pratt & Lambert 11-32 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5

Lighter and darker in Behr

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 light orange
  • Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
  • Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Varnished Ivory warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 9.0 and a value of 0.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Varnished Ivory?

Hog Bristle® Half (S14D1H), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Varnished Ivory?

≈ 72. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.