Saguaro

With an LRV of about 11, Saguaro 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.

Saguaro in other brands

• Costa Del Sol Resene Olive Very close ΔE 1.6
• Expedition C2 Paint C2-662 Olive Close ΔE 2.7
• Deep Reed Dulux Australia S19D9 Olive Close ΔE 2.9
• 100% Laurier Flexa Olive Close ΔE 3.2
• Dufflebag Green MyPerfectColor MP795 Olive Close ΔE 3.3
• Verde Oliva Asian Paints 9863 Olive Close ΔE 3.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Relentless Olive Sherwin-Williams 6425 Olive
• Secret Garden Sherwin-Williams 6181 Grayish Green

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as brown
• 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 Saguaro warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 29.1 and a value of -5.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Resene color to Saguaro?

Costa Del Sol (Resene), at ΔE 1.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Saguaro?

≈ 11. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.