Rookwood Terra Cotta

With an LRV of about 14, Rookwood Terra Cotta 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 Terra Cotta in other brands

• Nut Roast Asian Paints 9908 Brown Very close ΔE 0.7
• TVT M405 Tikkurila Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Madrone MyPerfectColor MP5239 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Sequoia Pratt & Lambert 6-21 Brown Very close ΔE 1.4
• Brown Tresses Nippon Paint NP N 3157A Brown Very close ΔE 1.6
• Autumn Russet Valspar 2009-6 Brown Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Cavern Clay Sherwin-Williams 7701 Brown
• Cajun Red Sherwin-Williams 8 Brown

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 Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Rookwood Terra Cotta warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 25.0 and a value of 23.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Asian Paints color to Rookwood Terra Cotta?

Nut Roast (9908), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Rookwood Terra Cotta?

≈ 14. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.