Kalamata

With an LRV of about 10, Kalamata 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.

Kalamata in other brands

• Purple Secret Plascon P7-D1-2 Red Very close ΔE 0.9
• Dynamic Dulux Australia S46D7 Red Very close ΔE 1.1
• Positively Purple Glidden PPG13-08 Red Very close ΔE 1.9
• Positively Purple PPG 13-08 Red Very close ΔE 1.9
• Prussian Plum Behr MQ1-39 Red Close ΔE 2.3
• Plum Pudding Asian Paints K291 Red Close ΔE 2.5

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Bonne Benjamin Moore AF-635 Red
• Jester Benjamin Moore CC-34 Dark Red

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• 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 Kalamata warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of -3.6 and a value of 15.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Plascon color to Kalamata?

Purple Secret (P7-D1-2), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Kalamata?

≈ 10. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.