Carbon

With an LRV of about 5, Carbon 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.

Carbon in other brands

• Starless Sky Glidden PPG0995-7 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Almost Black Dulux UK 1977006 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• 100% Grind Flexa Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Darkest Hour Nippon Paint NP AC 3459A Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Rebel Crown U2070A Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• True Black KILZ RM260A Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Space Black Behr N460-7 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 Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Carbon warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.4 and b value of -0.1 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Glidden color to Carbon?

Starless Sky (PPG0995-7), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Carbon?

≈ 5. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.