Hidden Gem

With an LRV of about 14, Hidden Gem 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.

Hidden Gem in other brands

• Adventurine Kelly-Moore KM4840-3 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 0.5
• Patina 45 Caparol 3D Patina 45 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.1
• Ridge Plascon G5-E1-3 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Micropolis Vista C-471 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.2
• Micropolis Hallman Lindsay 472 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.7
• Rocky River Sherwin-Williams 6215 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Aspen Valley Behr N430-5 Grayish Green
• Hostaleaf Behr MQ6-09 Grayish Green

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Hidden Gem warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -0.2 and a value of -8.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Hidden Gem?

Adventurine (KM4840-3), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Hidden Gem?

≈ 14. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.