Orchid

With an LRV of about 37, Orchid 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.

Orchid in other brands

• Desert Lights Behr BIC-06 Red Very close ΔE 0.5
• Cameo Pink Valspar 1006-8A Red Very close ΔE 1.3
• Smoky Quartz Dulux Australia S03D3 Red Very close ΔE 1.5
• Beige Rose Plascon R3-C2-1 Red Very close ΔE 1.6
• Mauve Benjamin Moore 1264 Red Very close ΔE 1.6
• Rose 40 Caparol 3D Rose 40 Red Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Chaise Mauve Sherwin-Williams 6016 Light Gray
• Coquina Sherwin-Williams 9158 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• 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 Orchid warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 3.4 and a value of 12.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Orchid?

Desert Lights (BIC-06), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Orchid?

≈ 37. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.