Behr French Beige MQ3-10
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| Code: | MQ3-10 |
| Name: | French Beige |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr French Beige?
Behr French Beige MQ3-10 is a light, muted beige with a clear warm cast that keeps it from reading stark or gray. Its soft tan-cream appearance suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a gentle neutral is needed without the brightness of off-white. In direct daylight, French Beige can appear lighter and creamier, while lower or warmer lighting brings out more of its sandy beige depth. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, and brushed brass for a cohesive look. It is especially well suited to full walls, where its low saturation creates color presence without making the room feel heavy.
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What are Behr French Beige undertones?
French Beige is a light, very muted sandy beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. 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:
213, 200, 181
Is Behr French Beige cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 36°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
MQ3-10 French Beige HSL code: 36, 28%, 77%
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 French Beige
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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr French Beige:
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
MQ3-10
French Beige
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 French Beige with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 216, such as Behr Icicles and Shaved Ice.
LRV of French Beige
French Beige has an LRV of 58.8% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident 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 58.8%, 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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| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #d5c8b5 |
| RGB Decimal | 213, 200, 181 |
| RGB Percent | 83.53%, 78.43%, 70.98% |
| HSV | Hue: 36° Saturation: 15.02% Value: 83.53% |
| HSL | hsl(36, 28, 77) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.1 Yellow: 15.02 Key: 16.47 |
| YIQ | Y: 201.721 I: 13.852 Q: -3.163 |
| XYZ | X: 56.434 Y: 58.792 Z: 52.079 |
| CIE Lab | L:81.177 a:1.38 b:11.137 |
| CIE Luv | L:81.177 u:8.862 v:15.918 |
| Decimal | 14010549 |
| Hunter Lab | 76.676, -2.805, 13.403 |
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