Behr Seedling PPU9-09
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| Code: | PPU9-09 |
| Name: | Seedling |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Seedling?
Behr Seedling PPU9-09 is a muted, light olive-beige with a softened yellow-green cast. Its low saturation keeps it from reading as overtly green, giving walls an earthy, weathered-neutral appearance instead. In bright daylight, the color can show more of its dusty olive character, while lower light tends to bring forward its warm khaki-beige side. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a grounded neutral is wanted without the flatness of standard beige. Pair Seedling with warm white trim, natural oak, woven fibers, charcoal accents, or matte black hardware for definition.
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What are Behr Seedling undertones?
Seedling 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:
184, 179, 149
Is Behr Seedling cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 51°, this Green reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
PPU9-09 Seedling HSL code: 51, 20%, 65%
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 Seedling
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 Seedling:
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
PPU9-09
Seedling
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 Seedling 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 Seedling
Seedling has an LRV of 44.08% 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 44.08%, 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 | #b8b395 |
| RGB Decimal | 184, 179, 149 |
| RGB Percent | 72.16%, 70.20%, 58.43% |
| HSV | Hue: 51° Saturation: 19.02% Value: 72.16% |
| HSL | hsl(51, 20, 65) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.72 Yellow: 19.02 Key: 27.84 |
| YIQ | Y: 177.075 I: 12.62 Q: -8.278 |
| XYZ | X: 41.311 Y: 44.601 Z: 34.858 |
| CIE Lab | L:72.628 a:-3.274 b:15.989 |
| CIE Luv | L:72.628 u:4.664 v:22.896 |
| Decimal | 12104597 |
| Hunter Lab | 66.784, -6.455, 15.802 |
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