Description and conversion results of color Dark Sienna

It is a dark pastel red color having an approximate luminance of 13%. It has a hue value of indicating that this is a warm color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Black Bean, Oxblood, Chocolate Cosmos, Caput Mortuum, Old Burgundy, Rosewood, Persian Plum, Prune, Bistre and Seal Brown. A little below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.

Conversion results

The following list contains the conversion results of color Dark Sienna to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.

rgb(60, 20, 20)
#3c1414
hsl(0, 50%, 15.7%)
hsv(0, 66.7%, 23.5%)
lab(12.7, 19.7, 9.9)
xyz(2.2, 1.5, 0.8)

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

The most important note: in real life paints might have a different shade compared to as they appear on your display. You shall always consult and double-check colors with a professional paint provider before you order.

The following list contains the nearest matching standard colors. The left hexagon is the reference, the right one is the matched color. For each color there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy paints of the corresponding colors.

Pantone 4975 C
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Pantone 2449 C
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Pantone 7631 C
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RAL 3007
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RAL 3005
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RAL 8016
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Sherwin-Williams 2801
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Sherwin-Williams 2838
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Sherwin-Williams 6020
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Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to it respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.

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Tints

These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base Dark Sienna color. This process results a scale from a dark pastel red color to white. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.

This color scale contains similar colors to Rose Ebony, Liver, Tuscan Red, Bole, Burnished Brown, Cinereous, Rocket Metallic, Copper Rose, Silver Pink, Black Shadows, Tuscany, Silver (Metallic), Timberwolf, Gainsboro, Light Gray and Platinum.

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base Dark Sienna color. This process results a scale from a dark pastel red color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.

This color scale contains similar colors to Black Bean, Old Burgundy, Oxblood, Black Coffee, Smoky Black, Raisin Black, Black, Eerie Black and Rich Black (FOGRA39).

Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base Dark Sienna color. This process results a scale from a dark pastel red color to gray. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.

This color scale contains similar colors to Black Bean, Old Burgundy, Caput Mortuum, Black Coffee, Bistre, Raisin Black, Eerie Black, Black Chocolate and Smoky Black.

Color schemes and palettes

Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.

We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively. In the following tables these color schemes are present.

Monochromatic

The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.

This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of magenta, rose, red and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to English Violet, Dark Byzantium, Lilac, Pink Lavender, Old Mauve, Wine Dregs, Puce, Charm Pink, Bole, Rose Ebony, Pastel Pink, Tuscany, Kobicha, Dark Brown, Tumbleweed, Antique Brass, Olive Drab 7, Café Noir, Khaki (Web) and Light French Beige.

Complementary

The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.

This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of red and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Caput Mortuum, Wine, Copper Penny, Burnished Brown, Spanish Pink, Tea Rose, Rich Black, Dark Slate Gray, Steel Teal, Cadet Blue, Powder Blue and Crystal.

Triadic

The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.

This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of red, azure and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Bole, Wine, Pastel Pink, Tuscany, Indigo Dye, YInMn Blue, Wild Blue Yonder, Cadet Blue (Crayola), English Green, Brunswick Green, Dark Sea Green and Eton Blue.

Tetradic

The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.

This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of red, green, yellow, cyan and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Bole, Wine, Pastel Pink, Tuscany, Rifle Green, Army Green, Laurel Green, Sage, Dark Slate Gray, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Pewter Blue, Opal, Independence, Purple Navy, Blue Bell and Maximum Blue Purple.

If you want to have a more detailed control of the colors in the schemes, have a look at the Spektran application too!

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