Sherwin Williams Patience SW 7555
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- Patience for bedroom (2 photos)
- Patience for living room (1 photo)
- Sherwin Williams Patience reviews (3 photos)
- What are Sherwin Williams Patience undertones?
- Is Patience SW 7555 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Patience
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Patience SW 7555
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Patience SW 7555 |
| Code: | SW 7555 |
| Name: | Patience |
| Brand: | Sherwin Williams |
| Collections: | Living Well |
What color is Sherwin Williams Patience?
Sherwin Williams Patience SW 7555 is a pale, warm beige with a soft cream cast and a lightly muted appearance. Its #e2d3bf color value suggests gentle peachy-tan undertones rather than a stark yellow or gray base. In bright daylight, Patience can read as an airy off-white, while lower or warmer lighting brings out more of its sandy beige depth. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a light neutral is wanted without the crispness of pure white. Pair it with natural oak, linen upholstery, warm white trim, and accents in clay, muted olive, or charcoal.
Patience for bedroom (2 photos)
We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing beige shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm light paint color could transform your own bedroom space.
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Patience for living room
Check out this stunning light color used in real living rooms. Explore how this beige shade can create a unique space
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Sherwin Williams Patience reviews (3 photos)
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What are Sherwin Williams Patience undertones?
Patience reads as a light, muted off-white with a clear yellow-beige direction and low saturation. In the supplied digital sample, it shows a slight warm red bias alongside its yellow cast, which gives it a soft creamy-tan character rather than a crisp, bright white. Sherwin-Williams classifies Patience within its White color family, but the official page provided does not name a specific undertone. Warm artificial lighting may bring out more of its creamy warmth, while cool daylight can make it appear lighter and less golden.
Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.
HEX value:
RGB code:
226, 211, 191
Is Sherwin Williams Patience cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 34° on the HSL hue wheel, this Beige sits firmly on the warm side.
SW 7555 Patience HSL code: 34, 38%, 82%
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 Patience
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:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Sherwin Williams Patience:
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
SW 7555
Patience
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 Patience with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 214, such as Sherwin Williams Mount Etna and Debonair.
LRV of Patience
Patience has an LRV of 66.66% 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 66.66%, 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 | #e2d3bf |
| RGB Decimal | 226, 211, 191 |
| RGB Percent | 88.63%, 82.75%, 74.90% |
| HSV | Hue: 34° Saturation: 15.49% Value: 88.63% |
| HSL | hsl(34, 38, 82) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.64 Yellow: 15.49 Key: 11.37 |
| YIQ | Y: 213.205 I: 15.365 Q: -3.051 |
| XYZ | X: 64.061 Y: 66.52 Z: 58.741 |
| CIE Lab | L:85.261 a:1.915 b:11.774 |
| CIE Luv | L:85.261 u:10.118 v:16.867 |
| Decimal | 14865343 |
| Hunter Lab | 81.56, -2.527, 14.39 |
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