What is the Color Category?
OFF-WHITE – Swiss Coffee by Glidden is an off-white because of its Value of 9.24 and Chroma of 0.88.
How do we know? 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:
Whites
Value 9.12 to 10.00
Chroma less than 0.55
Off-Whites
Value 9.12 to 10.00
Chroma 0.55 to 1.15
Light Near Neutrals
Value 8.12 up to 9.12
Chroma 0.1 to 1.00
Near Neutrals
Value 0.1 up to 8.12
Chroma 0.1 to 1.00
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Swiss Coffee 50YY 83/057 Hue Family
Swiss Coffee by Glidden in context of its Hue Family neighborhood, 3 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 9.24 rounded to 9.25 and Chroma of 0.88 rounded to 0.75.
