What is the Color Category?
OFF-WHITE – because of its Value of 9.25 and Chroma of 0.98. Acadia White has a nice balance of brightness and colorfulness which always makes for a flexible color of off-white. It sits near the middle of the yellow hue family so it’s less likely to shift and show up peachy or pink. It has a fair amount of Chroma so if you’re looking for a warm off-white for a north facing room, this one could work.
Also, because it does have a a healthy bump of Chroma, it will work with most colors of white. Just make sure there’s a difference in Chroma of about 0.20 between the two colors. It’s a handy rule of thumb to make sure one color of white/off-white doesn’t make the other look dingy or dirty.
How do we know what color category? Because we have hue, value, chroma and LRV color notations that describe what colors look like. So, we can easily sort and categorize paint colors:
Get Hue, Value, Chroma and LRV for Paint Colors
Acadia White OC-38 Hue Family
In context of its Hue Family neighborhood, 4 Y (Yellow), on The Color Strategist Color Wheel. The pink arrows point to where it fits in among the other colors according to its Value 9.25 and Chroma of 0.98 rounded to 1.00.
