Sage

With an LRV of about 42, Sage 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.

Sage in other brands

• Taupe Grey Resene Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Cheyenne Benjamin Moore 1502 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• French Gray Farrow & Ball 18 Beige Very close ΔE 1.1
• Sophisticated Sage Dulux UK 1915162 Beige Very close ΔE 1.2
• Reed Bed Dulux Australia S17B3 Beige Very close ΔE 1.2
• Light Fern Crown C4430S Beige Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Grassland Sherwin-Williams 6163 Beige
• At Ease Soldier Sherwin-Williams 9127 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Sage warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 13.5 and a value of -2.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Resene color to Sage?

Taupe Grey (Resene), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sage?

≈ 42. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.