Favorite Tan

With an LRV of about 44, Favorite Tan 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.

Favorite Tan in other brands

• Wetland Clay Valspar 3007-10A Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Egyptian Sand Dunn-Edwards DE6207 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Rock Cliffs PPG 1101-4 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Rock Cliffs Glidden PPG1101-4 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Lenox Benjamin Moore HC-44 Orange Very close ΔE 1.0
• Spiced Vinegar Johnstone's Orange Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Buckram Binding Sherwin-Williams 36 Beige
• Fenland Sherwin-Williams 7544 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• 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 Favorite Tan warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 17.4 and a value of 2.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Valspar color to Favorite Tan?

Wetland Clay (3007-10A), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Favorite Tan?

≈ 44. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.