Midnight

With an LRV of about 4, Midnight 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.

Midnight in other brands

• Tribeca Corner Plascon 48 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Cobalt Night Dulux UK 1854794 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Piercing Black Berger Paints 8A2614 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Black of Night Sherwin-Williams 6993 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Hempel 17210 Hempel Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Black Bean C2 Paint C2-949 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Notre Benjamin Moore CSP-570 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 Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Midnight warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.4 and b value of -1.6 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Plascon color to Midnight?

Tribeca Corner (48), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Midnight?

≈ 4. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.