Natural Linen

With an LRV of about 66, Natural Linen 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.

Natural Linen in other brands

• Wheat Sheaf PPG 14-21 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Parisian Taupe Behr PWN-42 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Wheat Sheaf Glidden PPG14-21 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Hint Of Ginger Johnstone's Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Wheatgrass Crown B0650M Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Natural Hessian Dulux UK 1915110 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Crisp Linen Sherwin-Williams 6378 Beige
• Sandbar Sherwin-Williams 7547 Beige

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 light orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Natural Linen warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 9.4 and a value of 1.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest PPG color to Natural Linen?

Wheat Sheaf (14-21), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Natural Linen?

≈ 66. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.