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

• Black Smoke Behr PPH-34 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• TVT 0202 Tikkurila Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Darkest Hour Nippon Paint NP AC 3459A Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Mopboard Black Pratt & Lambert CW123 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• True Black KILZ RM260A Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Puur Grafiet Flexa Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Nightfall Benjamin Moore 1596 Gray
• Black Benjamin Moore 2132-10 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?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 0.2 and b value of -0.6 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Behr color to Black?

Black Smoke (PPH-34), at ΔE 0.0. 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.