Aubergine

With an LRV of about 8, Aubergine absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Aubergine in other brands

• Wizard's Spell Dulux Australia S48A7 Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Doric Bronze Met. MyPerfectColor MP20307 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Deep Raspberry Shadow Glidden 50RR 08/053 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Rich Juniper Dulux UK 2681648 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Vintage Benjamin Moore 2116-20 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
• Black Walnut PPG 1014-7 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.8

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Woodland Moss Behr PPF-45 Gray
• Eclectic Purple Behr PPU17-20 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as dark gray
• Tritanopia Reads as gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns dark brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns dark gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Aubergine warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 5.8 and b value of 0.8 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Aubergine?

Wizard's Spell (S48A7), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Aubergine?

≈ 8. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.