Ecru

With an LRV of about 51, Ecru 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.

Ecru in other brands

• Palmetto Bluff Hallman Lindsay 309 Orange Very close ΔE 0.5
• Savannah Dulux Australia S14E3 Orange Very close ΔE 0.6
• Sand And Sable Kelly-Moore KM515-M Orange Very close ΔE 0.6
• Light Coffee Pratt & Lambert 12-27 Orange Very close ΔE 0.6
• Bracken Salts 3 Dulux UK 1186511 Orange Very close ΔE 0.6
• October Harvest Vista C-265 Orange Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Ivoire Sherwin-Williams 6127 Light Orange
• Tarnished Treasure Sherwin-Williams 9118 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• Protanopia Reads as yellow
• Tritanopia Reads as pink
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Ecru warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 22.2 and a value of 2.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hallman Lindsay color to Ecru?

Palmetto Bluff (309), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Ecru?

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