Gargoyle

With an LRV of about 18, Gargoyle 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.

Gargoyle in other brands

• Burnished Pewter Hallman Lindsay historic-burnished-pewter Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Aged Olive Behr HDC-NT-05 Olive Very close ΔE 0.9
• Moss Gold Plascon Y2-E1-3 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Burnished Pewter Vista C-1432 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Rogue Dulux Australia S15A5 Olive Very close ΔE 1.3
• Rolling Stone Asian Paints 8431 Gray Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Equestrian Benjamin Moore 1553 Olive
• Cabin Benjamin Moore 1540 Olive

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

Questions

Is Gargoyle warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.7 and a value of 0.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hallman Lindsay color to Gargoyle?

Burnished Pewter (historic-burnished-pewter), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Gargoyle?

≈ 18. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.