Dormer Brown

With an LRV of about 32, Dormer Brown is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Dormer Brown in other brands

• Onyx 65 Caparol 3D Onyx 65 Beige Very close ΔE 0.0
• Roasted Hazelnut Behr HDC-WR14-3 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Hutchins Plaza Kelly-Moore KM4544-3 Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
• Vol Dadel Flexa Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Country Dweller Hallman Lindsay 176 Orange Very close ΔE 1.0
• Country Dweller Vista C-175 Beige Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Sands of Time Sherwin-Williams 6101 Beige
• Meadowlark Sherwin-Williams 7522 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• 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 Dormer Brown warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 16.2 and a value of 5.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Caparol color to Dormer Brown?

Onyx 65 (3D Onyx 65), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Dormer Brown?

≈ 32. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.