Black

With an LRV of about 20, 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

• Graphite Aluminium Plascon AL-B04 Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Pacific 45 Caparol 3D Pacific 45 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Confederate Pratt & Lambert 27-21 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Deep Shale Behr PPF-38 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Isolde Dulux Australia SG5B4 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Bay Wharf Kelly-Moore KM5805-3 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Mineral Benjamin Moore 1622 Grayish Blue
• Ocean Benjamin Moore 1630 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• 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 Black warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -6.8 and a value of -1.8 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Plascon color to Black?

Graphite Aluminium (AL-B04), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Black?

≈ 20. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.