Rookwood Clay

With an LRV of about 23, Rookwood Clay 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.

Rookwood Clay in other brands

• Home Sweet Home Behr MQ2-19 Brown Very close ΔE 0.7
• Sonora Gold Met. MyPerfectColor MP53227 Brown Very close ΔE 0.7
• Weaver's Tool Hallman Lindsay 177 Orange Very close ΔE 1.2
• Ginger Pie Kelly-Moore KM4545-3 Brown Very close ΔE 1.2
• Chocolate Moment Glidden PPG1077-5 Orange Very close ΔE 1.4
• Chocolate Moment PPG 1077-5 Orange Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Craftsman Brown Sherwin-Williams 2835 Orange
• Steady Brown Sherwin-Williams 6110 Brown

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Rookwood Clay warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 18.2 and a value of 6.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Rookwood Clay?

Home Sweet Home (MQ2-19), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Rookwood Clay?

≈ 23. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.