Guacamole

With an LRV of about 13, Guacamole 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.

Guacamole in other brands

• Hellebore Dulux Australia S20B8 Olive Very close ΔE 0.5
• Old School Vista C-409 Olive Very close ΔE 0.5
• Golfer Green Kelly-Moore KM5121-5 Olive Very close ΔE 0.9
• Old School Hallman Lindsay 410 Olive Very close ΔE 1.0
• Bancha Farrow & Ball 298 Olive Very close ΔE 1.1
• Fig Green Jotun 7700 Olive Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Shady Benjamin Moore 497 Olive
• Jungle Benjamin Moore CSP-900 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 Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Guacamole warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 20.5 and a value of -7.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Guacamole?

Hellebore (S20B8), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Guacamole?

≈ 13. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.