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Stirring Orange SW 6889
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Undertone: Saturated orange (a color, not a neutral)
In CIELAB, Stirring Orange sits at L* 77.0, a* 17.8, b* 48.5. Its hue angle is 70° and its chroma is 51.7, so it reads as an outright orange rather than a neutral. It classifies as warm. Among Sherwin-Williams colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 92%.
LRV 51.4: light
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 51.4, Stirring Orange is lighter than 64% of Sherwin-Williams colors. The most forgiving range for whole-house walls. Keeps rooms bright without glare.
Closest Benjamin Moore match to Stirring Orange
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Archway | 146 | 1.77 | Very close | |
| Marmalade | 2016-40 | 2.53 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| August Morning | 2156-40 | 2.98 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Closest Behr match to Stirring Orange
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color. Behr does not publish LRV, so Behr values here are estimates.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November Gold | PPH-05 | 0.74 | Practically identical | |
| Noviembre Dorado | PPH-05 (HISP) | 0.74 | Practically identical | |
| Vintage Orange | 280B-5 | 1.93 | Very close |
Similar Sherwin-Williams colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Day | SW 6662 | 2.30 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Yarrow | SW 6669 | 2.69 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Surprise Amber | SW 6654 | 3.62 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Torchlight | SW 6374 | 3.66 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Olden Amber | SW 9013 | 4.06 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Papaya | SW 6661 | 4.11 | Similar, clearly different |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Sherwin-Williams with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Social Butterfly SW 6898 · lighter, LRV 55.6
- Butterfield SW 6676 · lighter, LRV 57.2
- Sunrise SW 6668 · lighter, LRV 57.8
- Brittlebush SW 6684 · darker, LRV 48.2
- Torchlight SW 6374 · darker, LRV 47.9
- Summer Day SW 6662 · darker, LRV 47.2
Colors that go with Stirring Orange
Sherwin-Williams's own coordinating colors for Stirring Orange:
- Dorian Gray SW 7017
- Dark Auburn SW 6034
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Sherwin-Williams color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- Undercool SW 6957 · complementary (180°)
- Stone Fruit SW 9699 · analogous (−30°)
- Limón Fresco SW 9030 · analogous (+30°)
- Synergy SW 6938 · triadic (120°)
- Windy Blue SW 6240 · triadic (240°)
Stirring Orange vs popular colors
- Natural (Benjamin Moore ES-10, ΔE 4.3) is darker (LRV 45.7 vs 51.4), more blue/cool, more green, more muted.
- Cedar (Benjamin Moore ES-40, ΔE 5.4) is darker (LRV 41.1 vs 51.4), more yellow/warm, more red/pink, more saturated.
- Italianate (Benjamin Moore AF-215, ΔE 11.7) is darker (LRV 36.5 vs 51.4), more blue/cool, more green, more muted.