Valspar US Dirty Martini V174

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What are Valspar US Dirty Martini undertones?
Is Dirty Martini V174 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Dirty Martini
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Dirty Martini V174
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	V174
Name:	Dirty Martini
Brand:	Valspar US

What color is Valspar US Dirty Martini?

Let's dive into a full Dirty Martini paint color review. Take a look at pictures of real interiors and exteriors painted with beautiful V174. Find out if this gorgeous warm grey 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 Valspar US Dirty Martini undertones?

Dirty Martini 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:

#DEDAD1

RGB code:

222, 218, 209

Is Valspar US Dirty Martini cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 42°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

V174 Dirty Martini HSL code: 42, 16%, 85%

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 Dirty Martini

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

Sunrise

Morning

Noon

Afternoon

Sunset

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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Valspar US Dirty Martini:

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

V174
Dirty Martini

Darker shades

V174
Dirty Martini

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 Dirty Martini with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 222, such as Valspar US Stormy Skies and Granite Fog.

V174
Dirty Martini

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LRV of Dirty Martini

Dirty Martini has an LRV of 70.19% 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 70.19%, 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	#dedad1
RGB Decimal	222, 218, 209
RGB Percent	87.06%, 85.49%, 81.96%
HSV	Hue: 42° Saturation: 5.86% Value: 87.06%
HSL	hsl(42, 16, 85)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.8 Yellow: 5.86 Key: 12.94
YIQ	Y: 218.17 I: 5.276 Q: -1.955
XYZ	X: 66.702 Y: 70.276 Z: 70.355
CIE Lab	L:87.132 a:-0.208 b:4.909
CIE Luv	L:87.132 u:2.808 v:7.402
Decimal	14605009
Hunter Lab	83.831, -4.677, 8.923