Mesa Tan

With an LRV of about 36, Mesa 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.

Mesa Tan in other brands

• Rock Sugar Jotun 1632 Orange Very close ΔE 0.8
• Almond Toast Behr 300F-4 Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
• Muted Gold Dulux UK 1943227 Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
• Tan Plan Dunn-Edwards DE6137 Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
• Tanglewood Kelly-Moore KM4635-3 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Hempel 60060 Hempel Orange Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Ligonier Tan Sherwin-Williams 7717 Orange
• Yearling Sherwin-Williams 7725 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• Protanopia Reads as yellow
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Mesa Tan warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 24.0 and a value of 7.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Jotun color to Mesa Tan?

Rock Sugar (1632), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Mesa Tan?

≈ 36. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.