Decorous Amber

With an LRV of about 22, Decorous Amber 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.

Decorous Amber in other brands

• Mesabi Copper Valspar 2005-5A Brown Very close ΔE 0.8
• Glazed Pot Behr PPU3-15 Brown Very close ΔE 0.8
• Hempel 61210 Hempel Brown Very close ΔE 0.9
• Exotix Jotun 2490 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• TVT N404 Tikkurila Brown Very close ΔE 1.4
• Arabian Dune Asian Paints K199 Orange Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Subdued Sienna Sherwin-Williams 9009 Red
• Antiquarian Brown Sherwin-Williams 45 Brown

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• 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 Decorous Amber warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 24.2 and a value of 18.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Valspar color to Decorous Amber?

Mesabi Copper (2005-5A), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Decorous Amber?

≈ 22. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.