What color is walnut?

Walnut is a deep, warm brown, like the polished wood. Its hex code is #773F1A.

Is walnut warm or cool?

Warm: it sits on the warm side of the color wheel, with the reds, oranges and yellows. It is a dark color, value 3 of 10, and its opposite is petrol.

Cream, Sage, Mustard and Steel blue. A soft light that shows the grain.

6 parts burnt sienna, 4 parts cadmium yellow medium, 1 part burnt umber.

Solidity and craft, like an old polished table.

Walnut tends to suggest solidity and craft, like an old polished table. It feels warm and settled.

What color is walnut?: Walnut is a deep, warm brown, like the polished wood. Its hex code is #773F1A.
Is walnut warm or cool?: Warm: it sits on the warm side of the color wheel, with the reds, oranges and yellows. It is a dark color, value 3 of 10, and its opposite is petrol. More in warm and cool colors.
Where the name comes from: From the wood of the walnut tree.
Value and codes: Value 3 of 10, in the orange family. RGB 119, 63, 26. OKLCH 43.1% 0.092 51.1.

Floors, cabinets and furniture. It gives pale rooms weight.

Shoes, belts and bags, as a softer choice than black.

A warm dark for wood, hair and shadows.

Readable as text on white, with a contrast of 8.4 to 1, which passes the 4.5 to 1 guideline for small text.

Opposite walnut on the color wheel sits petrol. Side by side, each makes the other look stronger; mixed, they turn each other gray.

Golden Heavy Body Acrylics. This is a calculated mix and comes very close, so adjust by eye as you go. Practice in our Paint Mixer game.

Tap a color to copy its code. A tint adds white, a tone adds gray of the same lightness, and a shade adds black. More in tints, tones and shades.

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