Cotswold

With an LRV of about 40, Cotswold 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. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Cotswold in other brands

• Brocade Silk Plascon Y1-D2-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Earthy Sand Jotun 12199 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• El Capitan Glidden PPG1020-4 Beige Very close ΔE 1.2
• El Capitan PPG 1020-4 Beige Very close ΔE 1.2
• Light Gray Farrow & Ball 17 Beige Very close ΔE 1.2
• Gate Number Tikkurila 1 Beige Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Shabby Benjamin Moore 1018 Beige
• Weimaraner Benjamin Moore AF-155 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• 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 Cotswold warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 10.8 and a value of 2.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Plascon color to Cotswold?

Brocade Silk (Y1-D2-1), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Cotswold?

≈ 40. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.