Totally Tan

With an LRV of about 42, Totally Tan 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.

Totally Tan in other brands

• Covered Wagon PPG 16-18 Orange Very close ΔE 0.6
• Covered Wagon Glidden PPG16-18 Orange Very close ΔE 0.6
• Raw Wood KILZ LC240-01 Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
• Pelican Tan Behr S260-4 Orange Very close ΔE 1.0
• Hempel 20612 Hempel Orange Very close ΔE 1.0
• Supreme Bean Vista K-1026 Orange Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Sociable Sherwin-Williams 6359 Light Orange
• Woven Wicker Sherwin-Williams 9104 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• Protanopia Reads as yellow
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• 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 Totally Tan warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 23.4 and a value of 9.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest PPG color to Totally Tan?

Covered Wagon (16-18), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Totally Tan?

≈ 42. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.