Nomadic Desert

With an LRV of about 46, Nomadic Desert 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.

Nomadic Desert in other brands

• Truffle Benjamin Moore AF-130 Beige Very close ΔE 0.0
• Pretzel Plascon Y1-C2-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Mushroom Bisque Behr PPU4-07 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Persuasion Glidden PPG1077-3 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Persuasion PPG 1077-3 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Caramel Sand 3 Dulux UK 1187434 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Colony Buff Sherwin-Williams 7723 Beige
• Song Thrush Sherwin-Williams 9112 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as pink
• 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 Nomadic Desert warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 15.7 and a value of 4.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Nomadic Desert?

Truffle (AF-130), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Nomadic Desert?

≈ 46. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.