Cocoa Whip

With an LRV of about 28, Cocoa Whip 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.

Cocoa Whip in other brands

• Ticonderoga Benjamin Moore 992 Orange Very close ΔE 0.3
• Smokey Tan Behr BXC-49 Orange Very close ΔE 0.8
• Roasted Chestnut PPG 15-30 Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
• Roasted Chestnut Glidden PPG15-30 Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
• Zinc Blend Dulux Australia S10C4 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• TVT K483 Tikkurila Orange Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Threshold Taupe Sherwin-Williams 7501 Beige
• Virtual Taupe Sherwin-Williams 7039 Brown

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Cocoa Whip warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 11.0 and a value of 4.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Cocoa Whip?

Ticonderoga (992), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Cocoa Whip?

≈ 28. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.