Graphite

With an LRV of about 6, Graphite 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.

Graphite in other brands

• Licorice Rope KILZ RM220 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Black Boudoir Behr PPU26-23 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Berlin Block Plascon GR-B09 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• P3050K Crown Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Tar Jotun 5366 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Off-Black Farrow & Ball 57 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Iron Benjamin Moore 2134-30 Gray
• Carbon Benjamin Moore 2117-10 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as dark gray
• Protanopia Reads as dark gray
• Tritanopia Reads as dark gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as dark gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Graphite warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.6 and b value of -0.9 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest KILZ color to Graphite?

Licorice Rope (RM220), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Graphite?

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