Herbal Wash

With an LRV of about 33, Herbal Wash 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.

Herbal Wash in other brands

• Rutherford Plascon Y4-D1-4 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Sandstone C2 Paint C2-891 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Buffhide Dulux Australia S15C4 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Beach Comber Asian Paints 8480 Beige Very close ΔE 1.1
• Tent Green Behr N340-4 Beige Very close ΔE 1.2
• Sandy Bluff Vista C-1427 Beige Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Sage Sherwin-Williams 2860 Beige
• Sheraton Sage Sherwin-Williams 14 Yellow

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns yellow
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Herbal Wash warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 14.3 and a value of -0.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Plascon color to Herbal Wash?

Rutherford (Y4-D1-4), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Herbal Wash?

≈ 33. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.