Autumn Orchid

With an LRV of about 29, Autumn Orchid 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.

Autumn Orchid in other brands

• Dried Heather Plascon R1-E2-1 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Ashen Plum Dunn-Edwards DE6396 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• TVT L501 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Fencing Suit Nerolac 5029 Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
• Pewter Tankard Met. MyPerfectColor MP20087 Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Sleepy Benjamin Moore 1454 Gray Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Flexible Gray Sherwin-Williams 6010 Light Gray
• Renwick Heather Sherwin-Williams 2818 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• Tritanopia Reads as gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Autumn Orchid warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 5.4 and b value of 0.2 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Plascon color to Autumn Orchid?

Dried Heather (R1-E2-1), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Autumn Orchid?

≈ 29. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.