Sherwin Williams Honeydew SW 6428
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| Official page: | Honeydew SW 6428 |
| Code: | SW 6428 |
| Name: | Honeydew |
| Brand: | Sherwin Williams |
| Collections: | Living Well |
What color is Sherwin Williams Honeydew?
Sherwin Williams Honeydew SW 6428 is a light, softened yellow-green with a muted, slightly chalky appearance. Its pale green base is warmed by a noticeable yellow cast, keeping it from reading icy or minty. In bright daylight, Honeydew can look fresh and gently leafy, while lower or warmer light brings out its creamy, mellow side. It suits kitchens, breakfast nooks, nurseries, and bathrooms where a light color with more character than off-white is wanted. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, woven fibers, and quiet neutrals such as sand or soft beige.
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What are Sherwin Williams Honeydew undertones?
Honeydew is a light, muted straw yellow. 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:
219, 221, 189
Is Sherwin Williams Honeydew cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 64°, this Green reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
SW 6428 Honeydew HSL code: 64, 32%, 80%
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 Honeydew
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 Sherwin Williams Honeydew:
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
SW 6428
Honeydew
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 Honeydew with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 244, such as Sherwin Williams Purple Passage and Mountain Fig.
LRV of Honeydew
Honeydew has an LRV of 70.7% and refers to Light colors that reflect most 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 70.7%, 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 | #dbddbd |
| RGB Decimal | 219, 221, 189 |
| RGB Percent | 85.88%, 86.67%, 74.12% |
| HSV | Hue: 64° Saturation: 14.48% Value: 86.67% |
| HSL | hsl(64, 32, 80) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.9 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 14.48 Key: 13.33 |
| YIQ | Y: 216.754 I: 9.091 Q: -10.381 |
| XYZ | X: 64.254 Y: 70.448 Z: 58.343 |
| CIE Lab | L:87.216 a:-6.073 b:15.513 |
| CIE Luv | L:87.216 u:0.537 v:23.679 |
| Decimal | 14409149 |
| Hunter Lab | 83.933, -10.235, 17.54 |
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