Falu Red or Falun Red is a red paint commonly used on wooden cottages and barns in Sweden, Finland, and Norway. The pigment consists of water, rye flour, linseed oil, silicates, iron oxides, copper compounds, and zinc. The actual color may differ depending on the degree to which the oxide is burnt.
What color is Falu red?
Falu red color belongs to the Red color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code(color number) for Falu red is #801818, and the RGB color code is RGB(128, 24, 24).
In the RGB color model, Falu red has a red value of 128, a green value of 24, and a blue value of 24. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 0.0% cyan, 81.3% magenta, 81.3% yellow, and 49.8% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 0° (degrees), 68.4 % saturation, and 29.8 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, Falu red has a hue of 0° (degrees), 81.2 % saturation and 50.2 % brightness/value.
Falu red is cool or warm?
The color Falu red is a warm color.
What is the LRV of Falu red?
Falu red has an LRV of nearly 5. By LRV value, it is a dark color.
Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of how much visible light is reflected off a surface. It is a number on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white. The higher the LRV, the more light the color reflects and the lighter it will appear.
Color Codes - Color Space Conversions
Falu red color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB
RGBA / RGB
CMYK
HSL
HSL(0deg, 68.4 %, 29.8 %)
RYB
HSV/HSB
HWB
H: 0°
W: 9.41 %
B: 49.80 %
XYZ
X : 9.39
Y : 5.31
Z : 1.39
YXY
Y1 : 5.31
X : 0.58
Y2 : 0.33
CMY
C : 49.80%
M : 90.59%
Y : 90.59%
LRV
Munsell Color System
CIE-Lab
L : 27.6
A : 43.26
B : 28.38
CIE-Lch
L : 27.6
C : 51.74
H : 33.27
CIE-Luv
L : 27.6
U : 73.66
V : 15.88
Hunter-Lab
L : 23.04
A : 32.46
B : 12.54
Similar Colors and Paints
Named colors similar to Falu red
Here are the colors similar to Falu red . Delta E (ΔE) is the measure of the difference between two colors. Delta E is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 means exact match, and 100 is the highest difference.
Similar colors from Pantone, RAL, and other color matching system
RAL Design
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RAL Classic
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Pantone TCX
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Pantone PMS
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British Standard 4800
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Paint similar to Falu red
Here are the best recommended paint colors similar to Falu red . Delta E (ΔE) is the measure of the difference between two colors. Delta E is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 means exact match, and 100 is the highest difference.
Valspar
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Sherwin Williams
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Behr
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Dunn-Edwards
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Color Combinations
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Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.
Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.
The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel
The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Complementary / Opposite Color
801818
Falu red
188080
Teal*
Complementary / Opposite Color
Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out (lose hue) by producing a grayscale color like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors also called opposite colors. Complementary color schemes are created using two opposite colors on the color wheel. The examples are red–cyan, green–magenta, and blue–yellow.
What is the contrasting color of Falu red - #801818?
Color that best contrast with Falu red - #801818 is #188080,
color name is Teal*
Contrast indicates a strong difference in color. Contrasting color can be found several ways,
Complimentary contrast is one of them. Complementary contrast colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.
What color compliments Falu red - #801818?
Complementary or Opposite color for Falu red - #801818 is #188080,
color name is Teal*.
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