Caramelized

With an LRV of about 35, Caramelized 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.

Caramelized in other brands

• Cardboard Box KILZ LC240-02 Orange Very close ΔE 1.2
• Blonde Shell Vista C-169 Orange Very close ΔE 1.2
• Butterscotch Mousse Plascon O7-C1-3 Orange Very close ΔE 1.2
• Butternut Benjamin Moore 1090 Orange Very close ΔE 1.2
• Golden Puppy Tikkurila Orange Very close ΔE 1.3
• Blonde Shell Hallman Lindsay 170 Orange Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• New Colonial Yellow Sherwin-Williams 2853 Orange
• Almond Roca Sherwin-Williams 9105 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• Protanopia Reads as yellow
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Caramelized warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 26.5 and a value of 10.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest KILZ color to Caramelized?

Cardboard Box (LC240-02), at ΔE 1.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Caramelized?

≈ 35. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.