Wheat Penny

With an LRV of about 18, Wheat Penny 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.

Wheat Penny in other brands

• TVT S470 Tikkurila Brown Very close ΔE 0.6
• Artist'S Copper Glidden 70YR 17/260 Brown Very close ΔE 0.8
• Sable Brown Behr 240F-6 Brown Very close ΔE 0.9
• Leather Case Dulux UK 1854787 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Winter Spice Johnstone's Brown Very close ΔE 1.6
• Saltillo Kelly-Moore 212 Brown Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Spiced Cider Sherwin-Williams 7702 Orange
• Jute Brown Sherwin-Williams 6096 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 Wheat Penny warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 20.4 and a value of 14.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Wheat Penny?

TVT S470 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Wheat Penny?

≈ 18. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.