What is the Color Category?
WHITE – because of its Value of 9.34 and Chroma of 0.52. A Chroma of 0.52 puts it on the upper end of the White category on the verge of being off-white. So there is a fair amount of colorfulness in Kelly Moore’s #23. It’s the brightness of a Value of 9.34 that gives it a sense of light and airy. Not heavy.
How do we know Swiss Coffee by Kelly Moore is a white? 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:
Swiss Coffee 23 Hue Family
Swiss Coffee by Kelly Moore in context of its Hue Family neighborhood, 4 Y, on The Color Strategist Color Wheel. The pink arrows point to where it fits in among the other colors according to its Value 9.34 rounded to 9.38 and Chroma of 0.52 rounded to 0.50.
Hi there! On the Acadia White post, I saw the information about the rule of thumb of .20 difference in Chroma for two adjacent colors of white. I am wondering if that is a minimum amount of difference, so for example, Acadia White with Kelly Moore Swiss Coffee for trim is a bigger difference in Chroma. Would that be OK? As far as I can tell matching visually from a sample and with Color Muse, the existing trim and cabinets are KM Swiss Coffee. I am looking for a compatible white in yellow hue family for walls in the whole house (primarily South and West facing windows).