Nocturne Shade

With an LRV of about 5, Nocturne Shade 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.

Nocturne Shade in other brands

• Requiem Dulux Australia S48A8 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• IKEA160 IKEA Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.1
• Antique Burgundy Valspar 1011-8 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Decadent Damson Dulux UK 1977057 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.8
• 100% Heide Flexa Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.8
• Matterhorn Resene Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.9

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Berry Wine Behr UL100-23 Red

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as dark gray
• Protanopia Reads as dark gray
• Tritanopia Reads as dark red
• Achromatopsia Reads as dark gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Nocturne Shade warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of -0.6 and a value of 7.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Nocturne Shade?

Requiem (S48A8), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Nocturne Shade?

≈ 5. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.