Valspar UK Feather Quill R2D

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What are Valspar UK Feather Quill undertones?
Is Feather Quill R2D cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Feather Quill
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Feather Quill R2D
Code:	R2D
Name:	Feather Quill
Brand:	Valspar UK

What color is Valspar UK Feather Quill?

Valspar UK Feather Quill R2D is a mid-tone grey with low saturation, shown here as #999696. Its close balance of red, green, and blue gives it a fairly neutral appearance, while the slightly reduced green and blue can make it read as a soft, faintly warm grey rather than a sharp blue-grey. In bright daylight, Feather Quill should keep a clean, even grey presence; under warmer bulbs, its muted warmth may become more noticeable. It is well suited to living-room walls, hallways, or painted cabinetry where a grounded neutral is needed without the heaviness of charcoal. Pair it with off-white trim, pale oak, linen upholstery, black metal details, or deeper slate accents for contrast.

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What are Valspar UK Feather Quill undertones?

Feather Quill is a midtone, near-neutral medium gray. Its chroma is so low that assigning a specific hue-based undertone would be misleading. Because it is close to neutral, nearby surfaces and the color of the light can noticeably change how warm or cool it appears.

HEX value:

#999696

RGB code:

153, 150, 150

Is Valspar UK Feather Quill cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 0°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

R2D Feather Quill HSL code: 0, 1%, 59%

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 Feather Quill

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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2000K

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Valspar UK Feather Quill:

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

R2D
Feather Quill

R7C
Velvet Taupe

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 Feather Quill with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 180, such as Valspar UK Heart of the Jungle and Da Vinci Velvet.

R2D
Feather Quill

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#999696
RGB Decimal	153, 150, 150
RGB Percent	60.00%, 58.82%, 58.82%
HSV	Hue: 0° Saturation: 1.96% Value: 60.0%
HSL	hsl(0, 1.45, 59.41)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.96 Yellow: 1.96 Key: 40.0
YIQ	Y: 150.897 I: 1.788 Q: 0.635
XYZ	X: 29.547 Y: 30.787 Z: 33.232
CIE Lab	L:62.327 a:1.092 b:0.391
CIE Luv	L:62.327 u:1.72 v:0.376
Decimal	10065558
Hunter Lab	55.486, -2.048, 3.33