Jotun Spice Brown 1799

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What are Jotun Spice Brown undertones?
Is Spice Brown 1799 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Spice Brown
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Spice Brown 1799
Code:	1799
Name:	Spice Brown
Brand:	Jotun

What color is Jotun Spice Brown?

Let's dive into a full Spice Brown paint color review. Take a look at pictures of real interiors and exteriors painted with beautiful 1799. Find out if this gorgeous warm red paint color would look great on your living room walls or trims, kitchen cabinet, bedroom accent wall, bathroom or house exterior.

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What are Jotun Spice Brown undertones?

Spice Brown is a midtone, muted caramel tan. The HEX sample leans yellow-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:

#AB8D6B

RGB code:

171, 141, 107

Is Jotun Spice Brown cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 32°, this Red reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

1799 Spice Brown HSL code: 32, 28%, 55%

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 Spice Brown

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

Sunrise

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 Red shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Jotun Spice Brown:

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

1799
Spice Brown

Darker shades

1799
Spice Brown

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 Spice Brown with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 212, such as Jotun Sophisticated Blue and Støvblå.

1799
Spice Brown

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