Flint

With an LRV of about 11, Flint 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.

Flint in other brands

• Organic Ware Berger Paints 8A2682 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Hempel 10270 Hempel Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Charcoal Shadow Vista K-809 Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Pirates Gun Plascon GR-B11 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Mostly Metal PPG 1036-7 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Mostly Metal Glidden PPG1036-7 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Trout Benjamin Moore 2124-20 Gray
• Day's Benjamin Moore 2133-30 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• 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 Flint warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.9 and b value of -2.0 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Flint?

Organic Ware (8A2682), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Flint?

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