Polar Bear

With an LRV of about 74, Polar Bear reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Polar Bear in other brands

• White Starlight Dulux Australia SW1B8 Beige Very close ΔE 0.2
• C0750Q Crown Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Natural Benjamin Moore 950 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Hempel 24122 Hempel Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Lime White Farrow & Ball 1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Ivory Paper Behr MQ3-12 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Paperwhite Sherwin-Williams 7105 Beige
• Wool Skein Sherwin-Williams 6148 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 Polar Bear warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 11.4 and a value of -0.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Polar Bear?

White Starlight (SW1B8), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Polar Bear?

≈ 74. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.