Black Suede

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

• New York Square Plascon GR-N02 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Iron Ore Sherwin-Williams 7069 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Balsamic Reduction Kelly-Moore KM4904-5 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• TVT 0521 Tikkurila Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Subway Hallman Lindsay 536 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Onyx Glidden PPG1011-7 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Black Space Behr BXC-30 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 Suede warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.2 and b value of 0.6 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Plascon color to Black Suede?

New York Square (GR-N02), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Black Suede?

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