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

• Pitch Black Farrow & Ball 256 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Black Kobra 44 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• BLACK ACE Nippon Paint NP PRO 0588 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Black Dunn-Edwards DEA187 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Tuatara Resene Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Taihape Dulux Australia NZ10H3 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Midnight Benjamin Moore 1631 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 Turns dark brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Black warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 0.6 and b value of 0.9 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Farrow & Ball color to Black?

Pitch Black (256), at ΔE 0.3. 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.