Touch of Sand

With an LRV of about 59, Touch of Sand 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.

Touch of Sand in other brands

• Chintz Dulux Australia S10C1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.2
• Walnut Cream Vista K-1197 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Sand Storm Valspar 2004-10B Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Old Map Behr N230-2 Beige Very close ΔE 1.0
• Water Chestnut C2 Paint C2-818 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Walnut Cream Kelly-Moore KM4195-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Nice White Sherwin-Williams 6063 Light Gray
• Diverse Beige Sherwin-Williams 6079 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as pink
• 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 Touch of Sand warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.3 and a value of 2.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Touch of Sand?

Chintz (S10C1), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Touch of Sand?

≈ 59. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.