Sawdust

With an LRV of about 26, Sawdust 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.

Sawdust in other brands

• Mississippi Mud Behr 710D-5 Orange Very close ΔE 0.6
• Rugged Valspar 3008-9C Orange Very close ΔE 0.8
• Ginster 40 Caparol 3D Ginster 40 Orange Very close ΔE 1.0
• Gold Estate Plascon Y2-D1-3 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Briny Bronze Met. MyPerfectColor MP45031 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• TVT Q611 Tikkurila Orange Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Fenland Sherwin-Williams 7544 Beige
• Downing Earth Sherwin-Williams 2820 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 Turns brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Sawdust warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 15.6 and a value of 1.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Sawdust?

Mississippi Mud (710D-5), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sawdust?

≈ 26. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.