Valspar UK Christmas Pudding L1cW3b

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What are Valspar UK Christmas Pudding undertones?
Is Christmas Pudding L1cW3b cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Christmas Pudding
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Christmas Pudding L1cW3b
Code:	L1cW3b
Name:	Christmas Pudding
Brand:	Valspar UK

What color is Valspar UK Christmas Pudding?

Valspar UK Christmas Pudding L1cW3b is a deep, muted brown with a subtle charcoal cast and a trace of red warmth. Its low-saturation finish keeps it from reading overly chocolatey, giving the color a grounded, slightly smoky appearance instead. In bright daylight, the brown undertone becomes clearer, while evening light can make this shade look closer to soft blackened taupe. Use Christmas Pudding on a dining-room wall, library shelving, or kitchen cabinetry where its depth can define the architecture. Pair it with chalky off-whites, warm putty tones, aged brass, dark timber, and natural linen for a considered, layered scheme.

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What are Valspar UK Christmas Pudding undertones?

Christmas Pudding is a deep, very muted dark brown. The HEX sample has a subtle red bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear red. 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:

#4B3E3D

RGB code:

75, 62, 61

Is Valspar UK Christmas Pudding cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 4°, this dark red leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

L1cW3b Christmas Pudding HSL code: 4, 10%, 27%

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 Christmas Pudding

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:

4000K

2000K

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7000K

Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Valspar UK Christmas Pudding:

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

L1cW3b
Christmas Pudding

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 Christmas Pudding with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 184, such as Valspar UK Heart of the Jungle and Da Vinci Velvet.

L1cW3b
Christmas Pudding

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