Sand Dune

With an LRV of about 46, Sand Dune 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.

Sand Dune in other brands

• Beige Asian Paints 0302 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• A2450Q Crown Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Jitney Farrow & Ball 293 Beige Very close ΔE 1.2
• Frontier Fort Dulux Australia S11C3 Beige Very close ΔE 1.3
• Hempel 2K012 Hempel Beige Very close ΔE 1.3
• Western Sandstone Valspar 1001-10A Beige Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Lightweight Beige Sherwin-Williams 6092 Beige
• Trusty Tan Sherwin-Williams 6087 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Sand Dune warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 10.3 and a value of 4.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Asian Paints color to Sand Dune?

Beige (0302), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sand Dune?

≈ 46. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.