Painted Desert Sand

Valspar

Color Code:2002-10B
Hex Code:#C8AFA5
RGB:200, 175, 165
LRV (Light Reflectance Value):70.4
Category:brown
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How Painted Desert Sand behaves on a wall

Valspar publishes a light reflectance value of 70.4 for this shade. At LRV 70.4 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 40 and below. With 35 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.

Painted Desert Sand equivalents in other paint brands

The closest color to Valspar Painted Desert Sand 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
KeimKEIM Avantgarde 0970.7 Practically identical
JedynkaPD 10500.7 Practically identical
DuluxD0.07.67 13837010.7 Practically identical
SikkensD0.07.670.7 Practically identical
TikkurilaV4731.2 Very close
Caparol3D Cameo 501.4 Very close
Benjamin MooreHint of Mauve 2097-501.4 Very close
TitanluxTP-2201.5 Very close
Sherwin-WilliamsSashay Sand SW 60511.7 Very close
ZolpanF258-31.8 Very close
JotunAroma 21691.9 Very close

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