Bauhaus Buff

With an LRV of about 72, Bauhaus Buff reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Bauhaus Buff in other brands

• TVT Y471 Tikkurila Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• B0720M Crown Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Wicker Beige Jotun 1642 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Berkshire Lace Johnstone's Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Cinnamon Cake Behr W-F-220 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Hempel 25400 Hempel Beige Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Cotton White Sherwin-Williams 7104 White
• Accessible Beige Sherwin-Williams 7036 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 light orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Bauhaus Buff warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.8 and a value of 1.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Bauhaus Buff?

TVT Y471 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Bauhaus Buff?

≈ 72. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.