Natural Tan

With an LRV of about 65, Natural Tan 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 Tan in other brands

• Urban Bird Kelly-Moore KM4584-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Sandstone Cove Behr 730C-2 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Parlour Taupe Valspar 7003-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Wheat Sheaf PPG 14-21 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Wheat Sheaf Glidden PPG14-21 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Raw Cotton Asian Paints 8459 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Steamed Milk Sherwin-Williams 7554 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 Tan warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.7 and a value of 0.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Natural Tan?

Urban Bird (KM4584-1), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Natural Tan?

≈ 65. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.