Familiar Beige

With an LRV of about 47, Familiar Beige 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.

Familiar Beige in other brands

• Swiss Cream Kelly-Moore KM4021-2 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• TVT X464 Tikkurila Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Recycled Dulux Australia S11D3 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Z9450T Crown Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Hempel 2K012 Hempel Beige Very close ΔE 1.0
• Rustic Rose Behr BXC-13 Beige Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Beige Sherwin-Williams 2859 Beige
• Trusty Tan Sherwin-Williams 6087 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 Familiar Beige warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 12.7 and a value of 5.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Familiar Beige?

Swiss Cream (KM4021-2), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Familiar Beige?

≈ 47. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.