Peppery
Behr MQ2-62
- HEX
- #5B5752
- RGB
- 91, 87, 82
- LAB
- 37.2, 0.6, 3.5
- LRV
- ≈ 10
- Family
- Gray, neutral
- Nearest RAL
- 7013 Brown Grey
With an LRV of about 10, Peppery 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.
Peppery in other brands
- Forest Black Glidden 30YY 10/038 Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
- Deep Mocca Jotun 2732 Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
- Oswego Tea Johnstone's Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
- Grey Cabin Dulux Australia SG6H7 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
- English Tea Party Valspar 6004-2C Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
- Billowing Smoke Nippon Paint NP N 3359A Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Behr
- Chinchilla Behr PPU24-03 Gray
- Black Mocha Behr PPU24-01 Dark Gray
- Very close ΔE 0.0
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 Peppery warm or cool?
Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 0.6 and b value of 3.5 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.
What is the closest Glidden color to Peppery?
Forest Black (30YY 10/038), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Peppery?
≈ 10. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.