Acanthus

With an LRV of about 60, Acanthus 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.

Acanthus in other brands

• Olive White Valspar 6005-3A Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Juniper Berry Sage Glidden 90YY 59/127 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Only Olive PPG 1123-4 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Soft Benjamin Moore 2144-40 Light Green Very close ΔE 1.1
• Chilled Cucumber Behr BIC-13 Beige Very close ΔE 1.2
• Pickling Spice Johnstone's Beige Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Sprout Sherwin-Williams 6427 Beige
• Softened Green Sherwin-Williams 6177 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 yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns yellow
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Acanthus warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 12.5 and a value of -4.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Valspar color to Acanthus?

Olive White (6005-3A), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Acanthus?

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