Smoky Beige

With an LRV of about 40, Smoky Beige 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.

Smoky Beige in other brands

• Desert Sandstorm Behr BXC-43 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Picnic Basket Crown A3390R Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Granulite Tikkurila K484 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• El Capitan Glidden PPG1020-4 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• El Capitan PPG 1020-4 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• White Russian Kelly-Moore KM4557-2 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Dhurrie Beige Sherwin-Williams 7524 Beige
• Sanderling Sherwin-Williams 7513 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• 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 Smoky Beige warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 11.2 and a value of 3.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Smoky Beige?

Desert Sandstorm (BXC-43), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Smoky Beige?

≈ 40. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.