Iron Mountain

With an LRV of about 18, Iron Mountain 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.

Iron Mountain in other brands

• Iron Mountain Kelly-Moore KM3830-3 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Monument Grey Dulux UK 1915201 Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Paris Paving Plascon GR-Y09 Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• TVT Q828 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Lion’s Gate Nippon Paint NP N 3020D Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Steel Wool MyPerfectColor MP4761 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Falcon Gray Behr PPU26-04 Gray
• Digital Behr N530-6 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 Iron Mountain warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.2 and b value of 0.6 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Iron Mountain?

Iron Mountain (KM3830-3), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Iron Mountain?

≈ 18. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.