Black

With an LRV of about 4, 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

• Tribecca Corner Plascon GR-B10 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• RUSSIAN ROULETTE Nippon Paint NP PRO 0535 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Sayward Pine Vista C-1417 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Carbon Kelly-Moore 407 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Cessna Black Met. MyPerfectColor MP19925 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Domino Dulux Australia SG6G8 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Raccoon Benjamin Moore 2126-20 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 -2.3 and a value of -0.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Plascon color to Black?

Tribecca Corner (GR-B10), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Black?

≈ 4. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.