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Crooked River SW 9524
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Undertone: Noticeable green undertone
In CIELAB, Crooked River sits at L* 50.1, a* -2.4, b* 8.4. Its hue angle is 106° and its chroma is 8.7, so it leans green clearly enough to notice on a full wall. It classifies as neutral-warm. Among Sherwin-Williams colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 47%.
LRV 18.5: dark
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 18.5, Crooked River is lighter than 23% of Sherwin-Williams colors. Absorbs most light. Good for accent walls, cabinets, doors and exteriors; needs good lighting indoors.
Closest Benjamin Moore match to Crooked River
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooftop Garden | CSP-765 | 1.20 | Very close | |
| Gloucester Sage | HC-100 | 2.22 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Devonshire Green | 1489 | 2.22 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Closest Behr match to Crooked River
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepper Mill | BXC-44 | 1.54 | Very close | |
| Amazon River | BXC-20 | 2.13 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Halls Of Ivy | HDC-AC-20 | 2.29 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Similar Sherwin-Williams colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Link Gray | SW 6200 | 2.80 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Sage Green Light | SW 2851 | 3.45 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Attitude Gray | SW 7060 | 3.81 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Dried Thyme | SW 6186 | 4.03 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Solitary Slate | SW 9598 | 4.10 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Country Tweed | SW 9519 | 4.10 | Similar, clearly different |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Sherwin-Williams with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Virtual Taupe SW 7039 · lighter, LRV 20.3
- Downing Earth SW 2820 · lighter, LRV 20.4
- Mink SW 6004 · lighter, LRV 20.5
- Sage Green Light SW 2851 · darker, LRV 16.1
- Hulett Ore SW 9574 · darker, LRV 16.1
- Thunderous SW 6201 · darker, LRV 14.9
Colors that go with Crooked River
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Sherwin-Williams color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- Soulful Blue SW 6543 · complementary (180°)
- Foothills SW 7514 · analogous (−30°)
- Taiga SW 9654 · analogous (+30°)
- Labradorite SW 7619 · triadic (120°)
- Soulmate SW 6270 · triadic (240°)
Crooked River vs popular colors
- Amherst Gray (Benjamin Moore HC-167, ΔE 4.3) is about as light, more blue/cool, more muted.
- Gauntlet Gray (Sherwin-Williams SW 7019, ΔE 6.2) is about as light, more blue/cool, more red/pink, more muted.
- Evergreen Fog (Sherwin-Williams SW 9130, ΔE 11.2) is lighter (LRV 30.4 vs 18.5), more blue/cool.