Best Beige

PPG Paints

Color Code:1085-4
Hex Code:#C6B49C
RGB:198, 180, 156
LRV (Light Reflectance Value):71.4
Category:brown
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How Best Beige behaves on a wall

PPG Paints publishes a light reflectance value of 71.4 for this shade. At LRV 71.4 this is near the top of the scale, in off-white territory. It bounces light around a room, and it also shows every undertone in the surfaces near it — flooring and daylight will pull it warmer or cooler than the chip suggests. For trim that reads as a clear edge rather than a smudge, aim about 30 LRV points away — roughly LRV 41 and below. With 42 points between its strongest and weakest channel it holds a readable brown cast, so it will not flatten into a neutral once it is on four walls. Order by the code, not the name, and put a test patch on the wall before you commit — a screen cannot show you how this shade behaves in your own light.

Best Beige equivalents in other paint brands

The closest color to PPG Paints Best Beige from each brand we carry, measured with CIEDE2000 on the manufacturers' published color values. Below 1 the difference is practically invisible; below 2 you'd only notice it with the chips side by side. Screens and printed chips aren't paint, so compare real samples before you buy. In the Muro app you can put two of them on a photo of your own wall and look at them in your light.

BrandClosest colorΔE 2000
TikkurilaJ4580.5 Practically identical
JedynkaPD 11530.5 Practically identical
BehrElemental Tan MQ2-210.5 Practically identical
Sherwin-WilliamsBarcelona Beige SW 75300.5 Practically identical
ŚnieżkaS 2010-y40r S 2010-Y40R0.9 Practically identical
DuluxKhaki Mists 30.9 Practically identical
SikkensF3.12.670.9 Practically identical
Procolor0150.9 Practically identical
ZolpanF251-41.1 Very close
Caparol3D Palazzo 1451.1 Very close
AlpinaGraubeige1.1 Very close
Benjamin MooreWarm Sand CSP-2801.4 Very close

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