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Reddened Earth

Sherwin-Williams 6053

HEX
#9C6E63
RGB
156, 110, 99
LAB
50.8, 16.8, 13.4
LRV
≈ 19
Family
Red, warm
Nearest RAL
3012 Beige Red
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With an LRV of about 19, Reddened Earth 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.

Reddened Earth in other brands

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Reddened Earth warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 13.4 and a value of 16.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Jotun color to Reddened Earth?

Burned Terracotta (2111), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Reddened Earth?

≈ 19. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.