Malabar

With an LRV of about 53, Malabar reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Malabar in other brands

• Sahara Desert Sand Glidden 20YY 53/124 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Muffin Tan Pratt & Lambert 33-27 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Sour Dough Resene Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Bronze Mist KILZ TB-13 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Moth Wing Hallman Lindsay 183 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Pecan Sandie Behr 700C-3 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Patience Sherwin-Williams 7555 Beige
• Portico Sherwin-Williams 7548 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 Malabar warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 12.8 and a value of 2.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Glidden color to Malabar?

Sahara Desert Sand (20YY 53/124), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Malabar?

≈ 53. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.