Barista

With an LRV of about 6, Barista 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.

Barista in other brands

• Heritage Oak Behr T15-5 Brown Very close ΔE 0.9
• Underground Plascon O1-E1-1 Dark Red Very close ΔE 0.9
• Banana Leaf Kelly-Moore KM4120-5 Brown Very close ΔE 1.2
• Dark Roast Berger Paints 8A1736 Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.3
• William Finnie House Brown Pratt & Lambert CW116 Brown Very close ΔE 1.4
• Otter Sherwin-Williams 6041 Brown Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Cup Benjamin Moore 1246 Brown
• Tarpley Benjamin Moore CW-170 Dark Brown

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Barista warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.5 and a value of 8.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Barista?

Heritage Oak (T15-5), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Barista?

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