Bittersweet Stem

With an LRV of about 48, Bittersweet Stem is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Bittersweet Stem in other brands

• Sepia Filter Behr T17-03 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Stonish Beige Dunn-Edwards DEC716 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Happy Trails PPG 1084-4 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Happy Trails Glidden PPG1084-4 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Lute Little Greene Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Pretzel Plascon Y1-C2-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Colony Buff Sherwin-Williams 7723 Beige
• Latte Sherwin-Williams 6108 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as pink
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Bittersweet Stem warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 16.3 and a value of 4.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Bittersweet Stem?

Sepia Filter (T17-03), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Bittersweet Stem?

≈ 48. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.