Espresso

With an LRV of about 6, 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

• Cordovan Leather Behr BXC-78 Brown Very close ΔE 0.6
• Otter Sherwin-Williams 6041 Brown Very close ΔE 0.6
• Stewart House Brown Glidden 50YR 06/081 Brown Very close ΔE 1.3
• Choc Melt Dulux Australia S04A8 Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.3
• Painted Frame Nippon Paint NP N 1904A Dark Brown Very close ΔE 1.4
• Underground Plascon O1-E1-1 Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Wood Benjamin Moore 2109-30 Brown
• Tarpley Benjamin Moore CW-170 Dark Brown

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 Turns dark brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns dark brown
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Espresso warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 7.2 and a value of 6.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Espresso?

Cordovan Leather (BXC-78), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Espresso?

≈ 6. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.