Whole Wheat

With an LRV of about 48, Whole Wheat 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.

Whole Wheat in other brands

• Flier Lie Kelly-Moore KM4677-2 Orange Very close ΔE 0.4
• Tropical Tan Behr PWL-84 Orange Very close ΔE 0.6
• Fur Ball Berger Paints 7T2449 Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
• Rye Pratt & Lambert 12-26 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Adobe Dunn-Edwards DEC726 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Prairie Dance Valspar 3006-10A Orange Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Biltmore Buff Sherwin-Williams 7691 Light Orange
• Tarnished Treasure Sherwin-Williams 9118 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• Protanopia Reads as yellow
• Tritanopia Reads as pink
• 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 Whole Wheat warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 21.0 and a value of 3.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Whole Wheat?

Flier Lie (KM4677-2), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Whole Wheat?

≈ 48. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.