Midnight

With an LRV of about 5, 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

• Dungeon Kelly-Moore AC259-5 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Midnight Rush Berger Paints 8A2806 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Cessna Black Met. MyPerfectColor MP19925 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Hempel 10520 Hempel Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Dark River Vista C-493 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Black Night Nippon Paint NP N 1995A Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Deep Benjamin Moore 1582 Gray
• Black Benjamin Moore HC-187 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?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.1 and a value of -2.0 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Midnight?

Dungeon (AC259-5), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Midnight?

≈ 5. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.