Bonsai Trunk

With an LRV of about 15, Bonsai Trunk 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.

Bonsai Trunk in other brands

• Cosmopolitan Olive Valspar 5008-2C Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• River God Hallman Lindsay 450 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Railway Tikkurila V495 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Thunderous Sherwin-Williams 6201 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Currency Creek Dulux Australia SG5F6 Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
• Sharkskin Benjamin Moore 2139-30 Olive Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Lizard Green Behr PPU10-18 Olive
• Black Bamboo Behr N380-7 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 olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns olive
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Bonsai Trunk warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.0 and a value of -2.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Valspar color to Bonsai Trunk?

Cosmopolitan Olive (5008-2C), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Bonsai Trunk?

≈ 15. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.