Valspar UK Buccaneer W14b

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What are Valspar UK Buccaneer undertones?
Is Buccaneer W14b cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Buccaneer
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Buccaneer W14b
Code:	W14b
Name:	Buccaneer
Brand:	Valspar UK

What color is Valspar UK Buccaneer?

Valspar UK Buccaneer W14b is a deep, muted brown-grey with a noticeable earthy warmth. Its low saturation keeps it from reading overly brown, while the dark value gives walls a grounded, shadowed appearance. In daylight, this color can show its soft taupe-brown character; under warm evening lighting, it may appear richer and more charcoal-like. Buccaneer is particularly effective in dining rooms, studies, hallways, or on cabinetry where a darker backdrop is wanted without using black. Pair it with chalky off-whites, warm greige, aged brass, natural oak, and textured linen for a layered, considered finish.

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What are Valspar UK Buccaneer undertones?

Buccaneer is a deep, very muted earthy, slightly muddy brown. 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:

#53493F

RGB code:

83, 73, 63

Is Valspar UK Buccaneer cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 30°, this dark red reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

W14b Buccaneer HSL code: 30, 14%, 29%

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 Buccaneer

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 dark red shade looks under different lighting:

2000K

3000K

4000K

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6000K

7000K

Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Valspar UK Buccaneer:

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

W14b
Buccaneer

Darker shades

W14b
Buccaneer

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 Buccaneer with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 210, such as Valspar UK Milky Way and Laura Grey.

W14b
Buccaneer

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