Downing Sand

With an LRV of about 51, Downing Sand 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.

Downing Sand in other brands

• Midden Kokos Flexa Beige Very close ΔE 0.3
• Marbled Sands Dulux UK 1186902 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Hempel 6K481 Hempel Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Dusty Trail PPG 1097-4 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Dusty Trail Glidden PPG1097-4 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Sail Grey Behr HDC-SM16-09 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Chopsticks Sherwin-Williams 7575 Beige
• Universal Khaki Sherwin-Williams 6150 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 orange
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Downing Sand warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 13.6 and a value of 1.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Flexa color to Downing Sand?

Midden Kokos (Flexa), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Downing Sand?

≈ 51. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.