Nearly Brown

With an LRV of about 29, Nearly Brown absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Nearly Brown in other brands

• Pocahontas Vista K-1018 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Sandrift Resene Beige Very close ΔE 1.1
• Whole Wheat Dunn-Edwards DE6124 Orange Very close ΔE 1.2
• Rodeo Tan Behr N240-5 Orange Very close ΔE 1.4
• Pioneer Village Kelly-Moore KM5705-3 Orange Very close ΔE 1.4
• Snuggle Pie Dulux Australia S12D5 Orange Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Sands of Time Sherwin-Williams 6101 Beige
• Portabello Sherwin-Williams 6102 Brown

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns orange
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Nearly Brown warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 16.4 and a value of 6.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Nearly Brown?

Pocahontas (K-1018), at ΔE 1.1. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Nearly Brown?

≈ 29. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.