Studio Clay

With an LRV of about 27, Studio Clay 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.

Studio Clay in other brands

• Undercover Nippon Paint NP N 3411T Olive Very close ΔE 0.3
• Water Rock Dulux Australia SN3C5 Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
• Khaki Dawn Plascon TRP212 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Cathedral Benjamin Moore CSP-205 Orange Very close ΔE 0.8
• Antartica Asian Paints 8464 Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
• Utility Wear Vista K-947 Beige Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Fawn Brindle Sherwin-Williams 7640 Light Gray
• Adaptive Shade Sherwin-Williams 7053 Olive

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns orange
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Studio Clay warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.5 and a value of 0.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Studio Clay?

Undercover (NP N 3411T), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Studio Clay?

≈ 27. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.