Umber

With an LRV of about 10, Umber 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.

Umber in other brands

• Ancient Root Behr PPU4-20 Brown Very close ΔE 0.6
• Rich Praline 2 Dulux UK 1187640 Brown Very close ΔE 0.7
• Dunsmuir Pratt & Lambert 11-19 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Rich Mocha Glidden 00YY 09/186 Brown Very close ΔE 1.3
• Timbuktu C2 Paint C2-614 Brown Very close ΔE 1.3
• Brown Benjamin Moore 2110-20 Brown Very close ΔE 1.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Tea Chest Sherwin-Williams 6103 Brown
• Van Dyke Brown Sherwin-Williams 7041 Dark Brown

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Umber warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 18.2 and a value of 7.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Umber?

Ancient Root (PPU4-20), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Umber?

≈ 10. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.