Mysterious

With an LRV of about 7, Mysterious 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.

Mysterious in other brands

• Asphalt Blue Dulux Australia S41A7 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Corduroy Black Valspar 4010-3 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Pantry Plum Asian Paints 7229 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Deepest Sea Dunn-Edwards DE5825 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
• Secret Society Behr MQ5-10 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Mako Resene Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Evening Benjamin Moore 2128-30 Grayish Blue
• Polo Benjamin Moore 2062-10 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 Mysterious warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -6.1 and a value of -0.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Mysterious?

Asphalt Blue (S41A7), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Mysterious?

≈ 7. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.