Soft Apricot

With an LRV of about 50, Soft Apricot 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.

Soft Apricot in other brands

• Fresh Sawdust Vista K-1059 Orange Very close ΔE 0.3
• Sunbaked Terracotta Dulux UK 1915172 Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
• Crossed Fingers Kelly-Moore KM5370-2 Orange Very close ΔE 1.0
• TVT V404 Tikkurila Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Cardammon Nippon Paint NP N 3147T Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Tea Cookie Hallman Lindsay 1002 Orange Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Avid Apricot Sherwin-Williams 6639 Light Orange
• Totally Tan Sherwin-Williams 6115 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• Protanopia Reads as yellow
• Tritanopia Reads as pink
• 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 Soft Apricot warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 23.0 and a value of 11.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Soft Apricot?

Fresh Sawdust (K-1059), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Soft Apricot?

≈ 50. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.