Mink

With an LRV of about 16, Mink 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.

Mink in other brands

• Deep Serenity Dulux Australia S03C6 Red Very close ΔE 0.4
• Patchwork Plum Sherwin-Williams 22 Red Very close ΔE 0.9
• Raisin In The Sun Behr N120-6 Red Very close ΔE 1.0
• Dusty Purple Jotun 3343 Red Very close ΔE 1.5
• W6141A Crown Red Very close ΔE 1.5
• Oakwood Brown Johnstone's Red Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Quietly Benjamin Moore CSP-415 Red
• Amazon Benjamin Moore 2115-30 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 Turns brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Mink warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 3.4 and a value of 9.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Mink?

Deep Serenity (S03C6), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Mink?

≈ 16. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.