Caponata

With an LRV of about 4, Caponata 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.

Caponata in other brands

• Woody Brown Resene Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.7
• Bitter Chocolate Plascon R4-E1-1 Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.8
• Vibrant Vine Dulux Australia S01B9 Dark Red Very close ΔE 2.0
• Merlot C2 Paint C2-503 Dark Red Close ΔE 2.5
• Espadrille Dulux UK 3052656 Dark Red Close ΔE 2.8
• Black Lily Johnstone's Dark Red Close ΔE 3.0

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Vintage Benjamin Moore 2116-20 Dark Gray
• Velvet Benjamin Moore CSP-480 Dark Red

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as dark gray
• Protanopia Reads as dark gray
• Tritanopia Reads as dark red
• 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 Caponata warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 2.3 and a value of 9.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Resene color to Caponata?

Woody Brown (Resene), at ΔE 1.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Caponata?

≈ 4. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.