Black Evergreen

With an LRV of about 8, Black Evergreen 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.

Black Evergreen in other brands

• Green Palace MyPerfectColor MP15584 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Cul de Sac Nippon Paint NP N 3061A Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
• Deep Space Vista C-486 Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
• Deepest River Valspar 5009-3 Gray Very close ΔE 1.8
• TVT N442 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 1.8
• All Nighter Kelly-Moore KM4855-5 Gray Very close ΔE 1.9

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Calligraphy Behr N490-6 Gray
• Eclectic Purple Behr PPU17-20 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Black Evergreen warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of 0.0 and a value of -5.8 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest MyPerfectColor color to Black Evergreen?

Green Palace (MP15584), at ΔE 1.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Black Evergreen?

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