Deep Merlot

With an LRV of about 7, Deep Merlot 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.

Deep Merlot in other brands

• Eggplant Kelly-Moore KM3760-5 Purple Very close ΔE 1.0
• Grappa Benjamin Moore 1393 Purple Very close ΔE 1.3
• Majestic Purple Asian Paints 8205 Purple Very close ΔE 1.5
• Rumours Nippon Paint NP N 1932A Purple Very close ΔE 1.7
• Plum Perfect Hallman Lindsay 1292 Purple Very close ΔE 1.8
• Fanfare Dulux Australia S45A8 Purple Close ΔE 2.1

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Blackberry Jam Behr S100-6 Purple
• Spade Black Behr BNC-38 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns dark red
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns red
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Deep Merlot warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of -6.7 and a value of 9.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Deep Merlot?

Eggplant (KM3760-5), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Deep Merlot?

≈ 7. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.