Practical Beige

With an LRV of about 47, Practical Beige 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.

Practical Beige in other brands

• Rodeo Dust Resene Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Swiss Cream Kelly-Moore KM4021-2 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Fortress Stone Glidden 10YY 46/154 Beige Very close ΔE 1.0
• Pretzel Plascon Y1-C2-1 Beige Very close ΔE 1.1
• Recycled Dulux Australia S11D3 Beige Very close ΔE 1.1
• Moose Mousse Valspar 3003-10A Beige Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Playa Arenosa Sherwin-Williams 9094 Beige
• Sands of Time Sherwin-Williams 6101 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 Practical Beige warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 14.3 and a value of 4.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Resene color to Practical Beige?

Rodeo Dust (Resene), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Practical Beige?

≈ 47. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.