Espresso Beans

With an LRV of about 6, Espresso Beans 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.

Espresso Beans in other brands

• Night Benjamin Moore 2134-10 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• TINTED BROWN Nippon Paint NP PRO 0589 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Campaign Brown Dulux Australia S12B8 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Sarsaparilla Johnstone's Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Dipped Chocolate Dulux UK 1977063 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• 100% Dadel Flexa Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Twilight Forest Behr ECC-47-3 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 Turns dark brown
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Espresso Beans warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 4.9 and a value of 2.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Espresso Beans?

Night (2134-10), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Espresso Beans?

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