Macadamia

With an LRV of about 49, Macadamia 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.

Macadamia in other brands

• Warm Benjamin Moore CSP-280 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• TVT Q602 Tikkurila Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Elemental Tan Behr MQ2-21 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Warm Dunes Jotun 11068 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Bonjour Beige Glidden 20YY 49/176 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Sea Hut Johnstone's Beige Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Croissant Sherwin-Williams 7716 Light Orange
• Outerbanks Sherwin-Williams 7534 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 Macadamia warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 17.0 and a value of 3.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Macadamia?

Warm (CSP-280), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Macadamia?

≈ 49. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.