Aurora Brown

With an LRV of about 7, Aurora Brown absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Aurora Brown in other brands

• Cacao Bean Berger Paints 8A2528 Brown Very close ΔE 0.6
• IKEA089 IKEA Red Very close ΔE 0.9
• Natural Benjamin Moore 2103-10 Brown Very close ΔE 1.0
• Magma 35 Caparol 3D Magma 35 Red Very close ΔE 1.5
• Sunken Ship Dunn-Edwards DEA148 Red Very close ΔE 1.6
• Brown Clove Pratt & Lambert 6-17 Brown Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Canyon Clay Sherwin-Williams 6054 Red
• Terra Brun Sherwin-Williams 6048 Dark Red

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• Achromatopsia Reads as dark gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns brown
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Aurora Brown warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 13.3 and a value of 16.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Aurora Brown?

Cacao Bean (8A2528), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Aurora Brown?

≈ 7. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.