Black

With an LRV of about 7, 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

• Hempel 17240 Hempel Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Cyberspace Sherwin-Williams 7076 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• ROLLING SKY Nippon Paint NP PRO 0583 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Salem Black Dunn-Edwards DE6343 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Ink Black Behr N490-7 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Black Sand Asian Paints K294 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Temptation Benjamin Moore 1609 Gray
• After Benjamin Moore CSP-630 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 -3.5 and a value of -0.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hempel color to Black?

Hempel 17240 (17240), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Black?

≈ 7. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.