Black

With an LRV of about 5, Black 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.

Black in other brands

• Blackhearth Johnstone's Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• After Midnight Kelly-Moore KM4890-5 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Octavius Vista C-521 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Dark Kettle Black Valspar 4011-2 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
• Deep Charcoal Pratt & Lambert 25-18 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Octavius Hallman Lindsay 522 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Day's Benjamin Moore 2133-30 Dark Gray
• Black Benjamin Moore HC-187 Dark 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 Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Black warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.6 and a value of 0.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Black?

Blackhearth (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Black?

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