Shiitake

With an LRV of about 51, Shiitake 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.

Shiitake in other brands

• Stonington PPG 15-25 Beige Very close ΔE 0.0
• Stonington Glidden PPG15-25 Beige Very close ΔE 0.0
• Vintage Beige Dulux Australia SN3G5 Beige Very close ΔE 0.3
• Cappuccino Froth C2 Paint C2-784 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Shadow Beige Pratt & Lambert 11-28 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Matrix Behr T13-8 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• China Doll Sherwin-Williams 7517 Beige
• Universal Khaki Sherwin-Williams 6150 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 Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Shiitake warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 10.1 and a value of 1.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest PPG color to Shiitake?

Stonington (15-25), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Shiitake?

≈ 51. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.