Downing Earth

With an LRV of about 20, Downing Earth 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.

Downing Earth in other brands

• Industrial Strength Hallman Lindsay 234 Brown Very close ΔE 0.6
• Mountain Elk Behr 740D-6 Brown Very close ΔE 0.8
• Palazzo 135 Caparol 3D Palazzo 135 Brown Very close ΔE 1.0
• Stampede Benjamin Moore 979 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Home Brew Dulux Australia S14C6 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Garden Bench Berger Paints 8D2741 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Sawdust Sherwin-Williams 6158 Orange
• Superior Bronze Sherwin-Williams 6152 Brown

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• 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 Downing Earth warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 12.8 and a value of 1.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hallman Lindsay color to Downing Earth?

Industrial Strength (234), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Downing Earth?

≈ 20. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.