Smokey Topaz

With an LRV of about 22, Smokey Topaz 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.

Smokey Topaz in other brands

• Apple Seeds Kelly-Moore KM4617-5 Brown Very close ΔE 0.7
• A1221Y Crown Brown Very close ΔE 1.0
• Antique Penny Behr S270-7 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Basic Brown Pratt & Lambert 10-18 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Soft Almond 1 Dulux UK 1187682 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Brown Bag KILZ LC280-01 Brown Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Tatami Tan Sherwin-Williams 6116 Orange
• Antiquarian Brown Sherwin-Williams 45 Brown

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• 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 Smokey Topaz warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 26.4 and a value of 12.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Smokey Topaz?

Apple Seeds (KM4617-5), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Smokey Topaz?

≈ 22. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.