French Roast

With an LRV of about 4, French Roast 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.

French Roast in other brands

• Saddle Resene Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.7
• Western Brown Dutch VS-9660 Dark Red Close ΔE 2.0
• Coffeehouse Benjamin Moore CW-165 Dark Brown Close ΔE 2.3
• Tuk Tuk Dulux Australia S08C9 Dark Red Close ΔE 2.9
• Hempel 67280 Hempel Dark Brown Close ΔE 2.9
• Hickory Pratt & Lambert 5-17 Dark Brown Close ΔE 3.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Fairfax Brown Sherwin-Williams 2856 Brown
• Polished Mahogany Sherwin-Williams 2838 Dark Red

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as dark red
• Achromatopsia Reads as dark gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is French Roast warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 13.7 and a value of 10.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Resene color to French Roast?

Saddle (Resene), at ΔE 1.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of French Roast?

≈ 4. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.