In the Tropics
In the Tropics begins as a blue color on paper, then shifts with every surface, shadow and neighboring material. Its blue classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#3B98A2LRV
27.81
Coordinating Colors
In the Tropics reflects far more light (LRV 28 vs 6), opening up a space where Hidden Sapphire encloses it.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 28), opening up a space where In the Tropics encloses it.
At LRV 88 vs 28, Distant Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 28, Paper Doll is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 28 and 26, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 30 vs 28), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 30 and 28, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 28 vs 26), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
A 6-point LRV gap (28 vs 22) makes In the Tropics the marginally brighter of the two.
In the Tropics reflects far more light (LRV 28 vs 12), opening up a space where Desert Shadows encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 28, Hint of Violet is decisively the brighter choice.
Antique Pearl reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 28), opening up a space where In the Tropics encloses it.
At LRV 28 vs 6, In the Tropics is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 28 vs 8, In the Tropics is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 29 vs 28), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 30 and 28, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 9-point LRV gap (37 vs 28) makes Baltimore Sky the marginally brighter of the two.
Palm Coast Teal reads slightly lighter (LRV 33 vs 28), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
At LRV 28 vs 10, In the Tropics is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (28 vs 17) makes In the Tropics the marginally brighter of the two.
In the Tropics reflects far more light (LRV 28 vs 10), opening up a space where Bermuda Turquoise encloses it.
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Manufacturer description
Turquoise waters sweep you away to a tropical locale where you'll savor the cool ocean breezes.