Cavern Clay

With an LRV of about 20, Cavern Clay 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.

Cavern Clay in other brands

• Cinnamon Sprinkle Dulux UK 1839909 Brown Very close ΔE 0.5
• TVT Q183 Tikkurila Brown Very close ΔE 0.5
• Mojave Sunset Behr 220D-7 Brown Very close ΔE 0.6
• Spicy Twist KILZ LB280-02 Brown Very close ΔE 0.6
• Bear Claw Valspar 2004-5A Brown Very close ΔE 0.8
• Audubon Benjamin Moore HC-51 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Caribbean Coral Sherwin-Williams 2854 Red
• Rookwood Terra Cotta Sherwin-Williams 2803 Brown

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Cavern Clay warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 24.3 and a value of 23.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux UK color to Cavern Clay?

Cinnamon Sprinkle (1839909), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Cavern Clay?

≈ 20. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.