Black

With an LRV of about 3, 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 Johnstone's Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.4
• Blackwatch Green Pratt & Lambert 19-17 Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.8
• Aperture C2 Paint C2-981 Dark Gray Close ΔE 3.0
• Rookwood Shutter Green Sherwin-Williams 2809 Dark Gray Close ΔE 3.8
• Nimrod Dulux Australia SG5G9 Dark Gray Similar ΔE 4.4
• Hempel 47120 Hempel Dark Gray Similar ΔE 4.5

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Soot Benjamin Moore 2129-20 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 -0.1 and a value of -4.8 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Black?

Black (Johnstone's), at ΔE 2.4. Under ΔE 4 the difference shows side by side but not across a room.

What is the LRV of Black?

≈ 3. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.