Behr Majestic Orchid PPU1-17
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| Code: | PPU1-17 |
| Name: | Majestic Orchid |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Majestic Orchid?
Behr Majestic Orchid PPU1-17 is a muted, medium-depth mauve with a noticeable rosy-plum cast. Its softened saturation keeps the color from reading overly purple, while the red undertone gives it a gently warm appearance. In bright daylight, Majestic Orchid can look like a faded berry tone; lower or warmer lighting tends to draw out its dusky plum side. It suits a bedroom feature wall, powder room, or painted furniture, especially alongside creamy off-whites, warm gray, walnut, aged brass, and natural linen. For a bolder application, this shade can also bring character to cabinetry or an interior door.
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What are Behr Majestic Orchid undertones?
Majestic Orchid is a midtone, soft berry red. The HEX sample leans pink-red; 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:
141, 87, 109
Is Behr Majestic Orchid cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 336°, this dark purple reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
PPU1-17 Majestic Orchid HSL code: 336, 24%, 45%
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 Majestic Orchid
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 dark purple shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Majestic Orchid:
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
PPU1-17
Majestic Orchid
Darker shades
PPU1-17
Majestic Orchid
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 Majestic Orchid with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 156, such as Behr Forest Edge and Longmeadow.
LRV of Majestic Orchid
Majestic Orchid has an LRV of 14.47% 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 14.47%, 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 | #8d576d |
| RGB Decimal | 141, 87, 109 |
| RGB Percent | 55.29%, 34.12%, 42.75% |
| HSV | Hue: 336° Saturation: 38.3% Value: 55.29% |
| HSL | hsl(336, 24, 45) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 38.3 Yellow: 22.7 Key: 44.71 |
| YIQ | Y: 105.654 I: 25.109 Q: 18.269 |
| XYZ | X: 17.153 Y: 13.584 Z: 16.182 |
| CIE Lab | L:43.631 a:25.527 b:-3.128 |
| CIE Luv | L:43.631 u:32.208 v:-8.297 |
| Decimal | 9262957 |
| Hunter Lab | 36.857, 18.574, -0.232 |
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