Chimichurri

With an LRV of about 8, Chimichurri 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.

Chimichurri in other brands

• Vogue Green Sherwin-Williams 65 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.1
• Baize Vista C-1411 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.1
• Baize Hallman Lindsay historic-baize Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.1
• Garden Seat Plascon G1-E1-1 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.5
• Lush Grass Behr ECC-48-3 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 2.0
• American Pine KILZ TB-69 Grayish Green Close ΔE 2.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Backwoods Benjamin Moore 469 Grayish Green
• Waller Benjamin Moore CW-510 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Chimichurri warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.7 and a value of -7.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Sherwin-Williams color to Chimichurri?

Vogue Green (65), at ΔE 1.1. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Chimichurri?

≈ 8. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.