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Shagreen

Sherwin-Williams 6422

HEX
#CBC99D
RGB
203, 201, 157
LAB
80.1, -6.4, 22.3
LRV
≈ 57
Family
Yellow, warm
Nearest RAL
1000 Green Beige
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With an LRV of about 57, Shagreen reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Shagreen in other brands

  • Anjou Pear Behr MQ4-41 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.6
  • Comfortable Lime Plascon Y6-B1-4 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.1
  • Grasshopper Benjamin Moore AF-415 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.3
  • Tidal Green Dulux Australia S17E3 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.4
  • True To You Johnstone's Yellow Very close ΔE 1.5
  • Sea Oat Pratt & Lambert 17-26 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Shagreen warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 22.3 and a value of -6.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Shagreen?

Anjou Pear (MQ4-41), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Shagreen?

≈ 57. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.