Mulberry
Benjamin Moore 1251
- HEX
- #A38A8C
- RGB
- 163, 138, 140
- LAB
- 59.8, 9.8, 2.4
- LRV
- ≈ 28
- Family
- Red, warm
- Nearest RAL
- 4009 Pastelviolet
With an LRV of about 28, Mulberry 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.
Mulberry in other brands
- Smoky Quartz Glidden PPG18-08 Red Very close ΔE 0.8
- Smoky Quartz PPG 18-08 Red Very close ΔE 0.8
- Rose 35 Caparol 3D Rose 35 Red Very close ΔE 1.5
- Oyster Cove 2 Dulux UK 1186998 Red Very close ΔE 1.6
- Rosaline Pearl Sherwin-Williams 9077 Red Very close ΔE 1.6
- Vienna Cake Kelly-Moore KM623-M Red Very close ΔE 1.9
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
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 orange
- Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
- Daylight, 6500 K As listed
Questions
Is Mulberry warm or cool?
Warm. Its LAB b value of 2.4 and a value of 9.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.
What is the closest Glidden color to Mulberry?
Smoky Quartz (PPG18-08), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Mulberry?
≈ 28. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.