Behr Antiquities MQ2-43
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| Code: | MQ2-43 |
| Name: | Antiquities |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Antiquities?
Behr Antiquities MQ2-43 is a muted medium brown with warm clay and softly weathered taupe notes. Its restrained saturation keeps it from reading overly orange, while the depth gives walls a grounded, substantial look. In bright daylight, this color can show more of its earthy brown character; under warm lamps, it tends to feel richer and slightly rosier. Use it in a dining room, den, or entryway with creamy off-whites, aged brass, natural linen, and medium-to-dark wood. Antiquities also makes a strong cabinet or accent-wall color when paired with pale stone, charcoal details, or matte black hardware.
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What are Behr Antiquities undertones?
Antiquities is a midtone, muted terracotta. The HEX sample leans orange; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.
HEX value:
RGB code:
138, 108, 87
Is Behr Antiquities cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 25°, this ochre brown reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
MQ2-43 Antiquities HSL code: 25, 23%, 44%
Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.
How light temperature affects Antiquities
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:
| Direction of sunlight | Visible temp. | Hue | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| North | Cool | Bluish | All day |
| East | Warm | Yellow | Before noon |
| West | Warm | Orange-red | After noon |
| South | Warm | Orange-yellow | All day |
Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this ochre brown shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Antiquities:
Monochromatic color scheme
This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.
Lighter shades
MQ2-43
Antiquities
Darker shades
Complementary color scheme
This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Antiquities with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 205, such as Behr Nor'Wester and Absolute Zero.
LRV of Antiquities
Antiquities has an LRV of 17.17% and refers to Medium Dark which means that this color reflects very little light. Why LRV is important?
Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).
Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 17.17%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft2 living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.
Color codes
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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #8a6c57 |
| RGB Decimal | 138, 108, 87 |
| RGB Percent | 54.12%, 42.35%, 34.12% |
| HSV | Hue: 25° Saturation: 36.96% Value: 54.12% |
| HSL | hsl(25, 23, 44) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 21.74 Yellow: 36.96 Key: 45.88 |
| YIQ | Y: 114.576 I: 24.625 Q: -0.189 |
| XYZ | X: 17.564 Y: 16.817 Z: 11.335 |
| CIE Lab | L:48.029 a:8.809 b:16.31 |
| CIE Luv | L:48.029 u:20.854 v:18.622 |
| Decimal | 9071703 |
| Hunter Lab | 41.009, 4.687, 12.318 |
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