Description and conversion results of color Sherwin-Williams 6005, Folkstone

It is a grayish orange color having an approximate luminance of 43%. It has a hue value of 16° indicating that this is a warm color.

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Conversion results

The following list contains the conversion results of color Sherwin-Williams 6005, Folkstone to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

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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 Sherwin-Williams 6005, Folkstone color. This process results a scale from a grayish orange color to white. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.

This color scale contains similar colors to Middle Grey, Taupe Gray, Rocket Metallic, Old Silver, Quick Silver, Silver Chalice, Silver (Metallic), Spanish Gray, Silver, Gray (X11 Gray), Silver Sand, Pale Silver, Platinum, Gainsboro, Isabelline and Cultured.

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base Sherwin-Williams 6005, Folkstone color. This process results a scale from a grayish orange color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.

This color scale contains similar colors to Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Taupe, Dark Lava, Jet, Onyx, Black Olive, Black Coffee, Raisin Black, Eerie Black, Black Chocolate, Smoky Black, Rich Black (FOGRA39) and Black.

Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base Sherwin-Williams 6005, Folkstone color. This process results a scale from a grayish orange color to gray. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.

This color scale contains similar colors to Granite Gray, Dim Gray, Sonic Silver and Nickel.

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 warm colors. There are variants of rose, red, orange and gray colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Liver, Black Coffee, Black Shadows, Silver (Metallic), Dark Lava, Taupe, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Black Olive and Davy's Grey.

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, gray, azure and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Black Coffee, Dark Lava, Rocket Metallic, Middle Grey, Timberwolf, Light Gray, Outer Space (Crayola), Onyx, Gray (Web), Old Silver and Gainsboro.

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 orange, red, gray and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Liver, Dark Lava, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Onyx, Silver (Metallic), Black Olive, Outer Space (Crayola) and Ash Gray.

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 orange, red, gray, cyan and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Liver, Dark Lava, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Black Olive, Onyx, Charcoal, Outer Space (Crayola), Davy's Grey and Silver (Metallic).

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