Trusty Tan

With an LRV of about 37, Trusty 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.

Trusty Tan in other brands

• TVT X468 Tikkurila Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Dead Salmon Farrow & Ball 28 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Rugged Tan Behr N190-4 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Whispering Benjamin Moore 1012 Beige Very close ΔE 1.2
• Natural Yarn Dulux UK 1187357 Beige Very close ΔE 1.3
• Easily Suede Dulux Australia S11C4 Beige Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Sand Dune Sherwin-Williams 6086 Beige
• Dry Dock Sherwin-Williams 7502 Orange

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 Trusty Tan warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 11.3 and a value of 5.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Trusty Tan?

TVT X468 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Trusty Tan?

≈ 37. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.