Behr Fresh Olive PPU9-04
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| Code: | PPU9-04 |
| Name: | Fresh Olive |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Fresh Olive?
Behr Fresh Olive PPU9-04 is a muted olive with a dry, khaki-like cast and softened yellow-green undertones. Its medium depth and low saturation keep it from reading overly green, giving walls a grounded, weathered look rather than a bright botanical one. In warm daylight, Fresh Olive can appear more golden and earthy, while cooler light tends to bring forward its subdued gray-green side. It suits living rooms, studies, mudrooms, and cabinetry where a quieter natural color feels appropriate. Pair it with creamy off-whites, charcoal accents, aged brass, oak, linen, and warm brown leather for a layered, material-focused interior.
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What are Behr Fresh Olive undertones?
Fresh Olive is a mid-light, muted mustard. The HEX sample leans yellow; 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:
166, 158, 115
Is Behr Fresh Olive cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 51°, this Green reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
PPU9-04 Fresh Olive HSL code: 51, 22%, 55%
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 Fresh Olive
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 Green shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Fresh Olive:
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
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 Fresh Olive with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 231, such as Behr Paparazzi Flash and Blue Aura.
LRV of Fresh Olive
Fresh Olive has an LRV of 33.17% and refers to Medium colors that reflect a lot of 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 33.17%, 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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| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #a69e73 |
| RGB Decimal | 166, 158, 115 |
| RGB Percent | 65.10%, 61.96%, 45.10% |
| HSV | Hue: 51° Saturation: 30.72% Value: 65.1% |
| HSL | hsl(51, 22, 55) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 4.82 Yellow: 30.72 Key: 34.9 |
| YIQ | Y: 155.49 I: 18.585 Q: -11.689 |
| XYZ | X: 31.047 Y: 33.799 Z: 21.103 |
| CIE Lab | L:64.803 a:-3.94 b:23.573 |
| CIE Luv | L:64.803 u:7.311 v:31.606 |
| Decimal | 10919539 |
| Hunter Lab | 58.137, -6.415, 19.174 |
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