Cross-brand match

Sandy Sage in Dunn-Edwards

Valspar 5008-1C translated into the Dunn-Edwards line

Valspar Sandy Sage 5008-1C on a wall, hex #BCB5A5
Dunn-Edwards Flintstone DE6221 on a wall, hex #BBB3A2

The closest Dunn-Edwards paint to Valspar Sandy Sage (5008-1C) is Flintstone DE6221, a delta-E of 0.97 away — a direct substitute: on a wall the two are the same color.

Flintstone is 0.6 LRV points darker, so the room will read slightly deeper. Undertone reads as yellow undertone against yellow undertone, at chroma 9.7 and 9.0.

Codes are not transferable between manufacturers and no brand publishes a conversion table, so every figure here is measured from the published hex values rather than taken from a chart.

NEARESTFlintstoneDE6221
DISTANCEΔE 0.97CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE45.4 against 46.0
HEX#BBB3A2against #BCB5A5

Ranked matches in Dunn-Edwards

closest first
Dunn-Edwards colorΔE LRV Undertone
FlintstoneDE6221 0.97 45.4 yellow undertone Compare
Wells GrayDE6242 1.3 46.0 yellow undertone Compare
Play on GrayDE6228 2.02 46.8 yellow undertone Compare
DriftingDEC770 2.42 46.4 yellow undertone Compare
Ash GrayDEC751 2.91 47.2 yellow undertone Compare
Pigeon GrayDE6214 3.25 46.5 yellow undertone Compare

Sandy Sage in other brands

same color, different line

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