Colony Buff

With an LRV of about 59, Colony Buff reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Colony Buff in other brands

• Almond Latte Behr N260-2 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Cliff's View Dunn-Edwards DEC720 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Taco Plascon 93 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Skip To Dulux Australia S11E2 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Vårlys Jotun 1130 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Star Of The Garden Kelly-Moore KM4004-2 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Cachet Cream Sherwin-Williams 6365 Light Orange
• Bittersweet Stem Sherwin-Williams 7536 Beige

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 light orange
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Colony Buff warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 16.5 and a value of 3.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Colony Buff?

Almond Latte (N260-2), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Colony Buff?

≈ 59. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.