Avocado

With an LRV of about 16, Avocado 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. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Avocado in other brands

• Swamp Shrub Dulux Australia S20D9 Olive Very close ΔE 0.0
• Country Barn Johnstone's Olive Very close ΔE 1.3
• Garden Spot Sherwin-Williams 6432 Green Close ΔE 2.5
• TVT M385 Tikkurila Olive Close ΔE 2.6
• Hot Dog Relish Behr HDC-SM16-11 Green Close ΔE 2.8
• Oakmoss Glidden PPG1122-7 Olive Close ΔE 2.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Terrapin Benjamin Moore 2145-20 Yellow
• Guacamole Benjamin Moore 2144-10 Olive

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Avocado warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 31.0 and a value of -11.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Avocado?

Swamp Shrub (S20D9), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Avocado?

≈ 16. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.