Espresso

With an LRV of about 11, Espresso 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.

Espresso in other brands

• Roxy Brown Dunn-Edwards DE6084 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Mahoghany Tikkurila 0974 Brown Very close ΔE 1.2
• Toffee Almond Asian Paints 9931 Brown Very close ΔE 1.3
• Copper Kobra 46 Brown Very close ΔE 1.5
• Cowboy Suede Valspar 2011-6 Brown Very close ΔE 1.5
• Iron Oxide Behr QE-15 Brown Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Walnut Benjamin Moore CW-240 Brown
• Suede Benjamin Moore 2101-10 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 Espresso warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 14.6 and a value of 14.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to Espresso?

Roxy Brown (DE6084), at ΔE 1.1. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Espresso?

≈ 11. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.