Mauve

With an LRV of about 10, Mauve 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.

Mauve in other brands

• Premier Purple Berger Paints 6A1304 Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• King's Court Behr P560-7 Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Zimidar Kelly-Moore KMA40-5 Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Oriental Night Pratt & Lambert 29-14 Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Egg Plant Delite Asian Paints 7157 Blue Very close ΔE 1.7
• Purple Charm Nippon Paint NP AC 2090A Blue Very close ΔE 1.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Cupid's Benjamin Moore 1385 Purple
• Grape Benjamin Moore 2068-20 Dark Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Mauve warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of -25.8 and a value of 16.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Mauve?

Premier Purple (6A1304), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Mauve?

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