Kona

With an LRV of about 11, Kona 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.

Kona in other brands

• TVT Q659 Tikkurila Brown Very close ΔE 0.4
• Chocolate Caliente Behr PPH-62 (HISP) Brown Very close ΔE 1.0
• Sepia Brown Pratt & Lambert 7-19 Brown Very close ΔE 1.2
• Timbuktu C2 Paint C2-614 Brown Very close ΔE 1.5
• Molasses PPG 1079-7 Brown Very close ΔE 1.6
• Molasses Glidden PPG1079-7 Brown Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Sedona Benjamin Moore 1127 Brown
• Taupe Benjamin Moore 2110-10 Dark Brown

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• 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 Kona warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 16.7 and a value of 8.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Kona?

TVT Q659 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Kona?

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