Sweet Molasses

With an LRV of about 6, Sweet Molasses 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.

Sweet Molasses in other brands

• Western Charcoal Glidden 50YR 06/041 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Bilberry Tikkurila 915 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Tucker Benjamin Moore CW-175 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Black Walnut Johnstone's Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Galaxy Sky Nippon Paint NP AC 3449A Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Phantom Mist PPG 1002-7 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Black Bean Behr 790D-7 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Sweet Molasses warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 3.2 and b value of 3.2 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Glidden color to Sweet Molasses?

Western Charcoal (50YR 06/041), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sweet Molasses?

≈ 6. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.