Carob

With an LRV of about 18, Carob 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.

Carob in other brands

• Ceramic 5 Caparol 3D Ceramic 5 Brown Very close ΔE 0.7
• Nuthatch Sherwin-Williams 6088 Brown Very close ΔE 1.0
• Dig It Kelly-Moore KM4023-3 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Acorn Cap Dulux UK 2967052 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Old Souvenir Nippon Paint NP N 3126D Brown Very close ΔE 1.2
• Nut Brown Behr N190-6 Brown Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Firewood Benjamin Moore 1027 Orange
• Coconut Benjamin Moore 1029 Brown

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• 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 Carob warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 14.4 and a value of 8.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Caparol color to Carob?

Ceramic 5 (3D Ceramic 5), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Carob?

≈ 18. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.