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
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
- Burned Terracotta Jotun 2111 Red Very close ΔE 0.6
- Toast Resene Brown Very close ΔE 1.2
- Dessert Love Asian Paints K212 Red Very close ΔE 1.2
- Discretion Dulux Australia S06D7 Red Very close ΔE 1.2
- Gentle Doe Behr 170F-6 Red Very close ΔE 1.4
- Ivy Olive Nerolac 2686 Red Very close ΔE 1.5
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
- Hushed Auburn Sherwin-Williams 9080 Red
- Canyon Clay Sherwin-Williams 6054 Red
- Very close ΔE 0.0
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.