Black Garnet

With an LRV of about 6, Black Garnet 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 Garnet in other brands

• Dark Glasses Kelly-Moore AC256-5 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Aubergine Tikkurila X501 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Tucker House Chocolate Pratt & Lambert CW115 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Black Raisin Valspar 4002-2C Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Night Storm Nippon Paint NP N 3348A Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Tucker Benjamin Moore CW-175 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Submarine Gray Behr N470-7 Gray
• Limousine Leather Behr MQ5-05 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Black Garnet warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 4.2 and b value of 1.6 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Black Garnet?

Dark Glasses (AC256-5), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Black Garnet?

≈ 6. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.