Mexican Sand

With an LRV of about 33, Mexican Sand 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.

Mexican Sand in other brands

• Cushy Suede Kelly-Moore KM4022-2 Beige Very close ΔE 1.0
• Mocha Tan Behr HDC-SP14-5 Beige Very close ΔE 1.0
• Onyx 65 Caparol 3D Onyx 65 Beige Very close ΔE 1.2
• Changing Seasons Valspar 3001-9C Orange Very close ΔE 1.3
• Country Dweller Hallman Lindsay 176 Orange Very close ΔE 1.5
• Unpolished Rice Berger Paints 7T2467 Beige Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Beige Intenso Sherwin-Williams 9096 Orange
• Meadowlark Sherwin-Williams 7522 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• 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 Mexican Sand warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 14.9 and a value of 5.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Mexican Sand?

Cushy Suede (KM4022-2), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Mexican Sand?

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