Dirty Martini

With an LRV of about 64, Dirty Martini 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.

Dirty Martini in other brands

• Yarmouth Oyster Hallman Lindsay historic-yarmouth-oyster Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Hunny’s Hut Nippon Paint NP BGG 1718P Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Sahara Wind Kelly-Moore KM4696-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Georgian Ivory Glidden 40YY 62/134 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Salisbury Stones 4 Dulux UK 1187669 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Pale Gold KILZ LK240 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Vital Yellow Sherwin-Williams 6392 Beige
• Relaxed Khaki Sherwin-Williams 6149 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 Dirty Martini warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 14.5 and a value of 0.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hallman Lindsay color to Dirty Martini?

Yarmouth Oyster (historic-yarmouth-oyster), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Dirty Martini?

≈ 64. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.