Wool Skein

With an LRV of about 63, Wool Skein 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.

Wool Skein in other brands

• Bell Tower Behr MQ3-15 Beige Very close ΔE 0.2
• Natural Benjamin Moore 966 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Toasted Almond Glidden PPG1097-3 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Toasted Almond PPG 1097-3 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Papyrus Plascon 22 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Rattan Basket Valspar 3007-10C Beige Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Classical White Sherwin-Williams 2829 Beige
• Relaxed Khaki Sherwin-Williams 6149 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• 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 Wool Skein warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 11.7 and a value of 0.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Wool Skein?

Bell Tower (MQ3-15), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Wool Skein?

≈ 63. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.