Behr Sculptor Clay PPU5-08

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Sculptor Clay for bedroom (1 photo)
Sculptor Clay for living room (2 photos)
Behr Sculptor Clay for bathroom (4 photos)
Behr Sculptor Clay reviews (10 photos)
What are Behr Sculptor Clay undertones?
Is Sculptor Clay PPU5-08 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Sculptor Clay
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Sculptor Clay PPU5-08
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	PPU5-08
Name:	Sculptor Clay
Brand:	Behr

What color is Behr Sculptor Clay?

Behr Sculptor Clay PPU5-08 is a light, muted beige with a noticeable gray cast that keeps it from reading overly creamy. Its softly warm base shows most clearly in daylight, while lower light can bring out its quiet taupe-gray side. Sculptor Clay is well suited to living room, bedroom, and hallway walls where a pale neutral is wanted without a stark white effect. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, and brushed brass, or add charcoal and deep brown accents for more contrast.

Sculptor Clay for bedroom

We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing greige shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm mid-tone paint color could transform your own bedroom space.

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Sculptor Clay for living room (2 photos)

Check out this stunning mid-tone color used in real living rooms. Explore how this greige shade can create a unique space

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Behr PPU5-08 for bathroom (4 photos)

Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully warm mid-tone greige real bathrooms.

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Behr Sculptor Clay reviews (10 photos)

View the photos of real spaces painted with this greige that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.

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What are Behr Sculptor Clay undertones?

Sculptor Clay 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:

#CCC3B4

RGB code:

204, 195, 180

Is Behr Sculptor Clay cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 37°, this Greige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

PPU5-08 Sculptor Clay HSL code: 37, 19%, 75%

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 Sculptor Clay

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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Morning

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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 Greige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Sculptor Clay:

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

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Darker shades

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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 Sculptor Clay with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 217, such as Behr Shaved Ice and Adirondack Blue.

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LRV of Sculptor Clay

Sculptor Clay has an LRV of 55.14% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

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 55.14%, 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

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#ccc3b4
RGB Decimal	204, 195, 180
RGB Percent	80.00%, 76.47%, 70.59%
HSV	Hue: 37° Saturation: 11.76% Value: 80.0%
HSL	hsl(37, 19, 75)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 4.41 Yellow: 11.76 Key: 20.0
YIQ	Y: 195.981 I: 10.183 Q: -2.764
XYZ	X: 52.654 Y: 55.164 Z: 51.042
CIE Lab	L:79.135 a:0.579 b:8.662
CIE Luv	L:79.135 u:6.174 v:12.518
Decimal	13419444
Hunter Lab	74.272, -3.432, 11.245