Intellectual

With an LRV of about 11, Intellectual 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.

Intellectual in other brands

• Porch Step Valspar 3011-9 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Stone's Throw PPG 1008-7 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Deep Walnut Dulux Australia S13A7 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Stone'S Throw Glidden PPG1008-7 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Dark Shadows Vista K-817 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Deep River MyPerfectColor MP7102 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Dark Granite Behr 780F-6 Gray
• Black Swan Behr 710F-7 Dark 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 brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Intellectual warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 1.0 and b value of 2.3 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Valspar color to Intellectual?

Porch Step (3011-9), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Intellectual?

≈ 11. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.