Eggplant

With an LRV of about 9, Eggplant 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.

Eggplant in other brands

• Annis Dulux Australia S46D8 Purple Very close ΔE 1.3
• Violet Saga Asian Paints X139 Purple Very close ΔE 1.5
• Bunchberry Behr 680D-7 Purple Very close ΔE 2.0
• Positively Purple PPG 13-08 Red Close ΔE 2.2
• Positively Purple Glidden PPG13-08 Red Close ΔE 2.2
• TVT M340 Tikkurila Red Close ΔE 2.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Lazy Benjamin Moore 1378 Purple
• Autumn Benjamin Moore 2073-20 Purple

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as grayish blue
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns red
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns red
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Eggplant warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of -7.5 and a value of 18.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Eggplant?

Annis (S46D8), at ΔE 1.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Eggplant?

≈ 9. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.