Abalone Shell

With an LRV of about 60, Abalone Shell reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Abalone Shell in other brands

• Loom Crown Z0580L Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Wisp Of Mauve Behr PPU2-06 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Makeover Johnstone's Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Rose Petal Asian Paints 0R08 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Hempel 50950 Hempel Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Timber Plank Nippon Paint NP N 3172P Beige Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Faint Coral Sherwin-Williams 6329 Light Gray
• Doeskin Sherwin-Williams 6044 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as pink
• 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 Abalone Shell warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 7.5 and a value of 5.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Crown color to Abalone Shell?

Loom (Z0580L), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Abalone Shell?

≈ 60. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.