Copper Wire

With an LRV of about 27, Copper Wire 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.

Copper Wire in other brands

• Brown Clay PPG 1199-6 Orange Very close ΔE 0.8
• Brown Clay Glidden PPG1199-6(S) Orange Very close ΔE 0.8
• Pennies Benjamin Moore 063 Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
• TAN SKIN Nippon Paint NP PRO 0334 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Sunday Dress Nerolac 4673 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Orange Liqueur Behr M210-6 Orange Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Sunset Sherwin-Williams 6626 Orange
• Reynard Sherwin-Williams 6348 Brown

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• Protanopia Reads as yellow
• 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 Copper Wire warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 31.8 and a value of 25.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest PPG color to Copper Wire?

Brown Clay (1199-6), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Copper Wire?

≈ 27. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.