Behr Pottery Wheel N250-3
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| Code: | N250-3 |
| Name: | Pottery Wheel |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Pottery Wheel?
Behr Pottery Wheel N250-3 is a light, muted tan with a noticeable warm peach-beige cast. Its soft clay-like undertone keeps it from reading flat or gray, while the restrained saturation makes it feel easy on large wall areas. In bright daylight, Pottery Wheel appears as a pale sandy beige; under warmer lamps, its rosy terracotta note becomes more visible. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and dining spaces with oak, walnut, linen, woven grass, or matte black details. Pair this color with creamy off-whites, dusty olive greens, or deeper brown accents for a grounded, natural palette.
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What are Behr Pottery Wheel undertones?
Pottery Wheel is a mid-light, muted caramel orange. 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:
202, 172, 145
Is Behr Pottery Wheel cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 28° on the HSL hue wheel, this Beige sits firmly on the warm side.
N250-3 Pottery Wheel HSL code: 28, 35%, 68%
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 Pottery Wheel
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 Pottery Wheel:
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
N250-3
Pottery Wheel
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 Pottery Wheel with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 208, such as Behr Nor'Wester and Absolute Zero.
LRV of Pottery Wheel
Pottery Wheel has an LRV of 44.52% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half 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 44.52%, 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 | #caac91 |
| RGB Decimal | 202, 172, 145 |
| RGB Percent | 79.22%, 67.45%, 56.86% |
| HSV | Hue: 28° Saturation: 28.22% Value: 79.22% |
| HSL | hsl(28, 35, 68) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 14.85 Yellow: 28.22 Key: 20.78 |
| YIQ | Y: 177.892 I: 26.553 Q: -2.056 |
| XYZ | X: 44.221 Y: 44.108 Z: 32.965 |
| CIE Lab | L:72.3 a:6.83 b:17.947 |
| CIE Luv | L:72.3 u:20.644 v:23.459 |
| Decimal | 13282449 |
| Hunter Lab | 66.414, 2.628, 17.061 |
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