Naturel

With an LRV of about 53, Naturel 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.

Naturel in other brands

• Drop Cloth Farrow & Ball 283 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Chaps Plascon 28 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Bauhaus Tan Kelly-Moore KM4711-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Seashell Johnstone's Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Sail Cloth Vista K-941 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Soothing Beige Jotun 12075 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Canvas Tan Sherwin-Williams 7531 Beige
• Avenue Tan Sherwin-Williams 7543 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 orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Naturel warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 11.0 and a value of 0.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Farrow & Ball color to Naturel?

Drop Cloth (283), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Naturel?

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