Narragansett

With an LRV of about 8, Narragansett 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.

Narragansett in other brands

• Lunar Eclipse Dunn-Edwards DE5776 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Copycat Dulux Australia SG5C7 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• A Cosmic Kelly-Moore 98 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Shipwreck Sea Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Obsidian Glidden PPG1035-7 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Obsidian PPG 1035-7 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Nocturnal Benjamin Moore 2135-30 Gray
• Regent Benjamin Moore 2136-20 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns dark gray
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns dark gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Narragansett warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -4.2 and a value of -4.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to Narragansett?

Lunar Eclipse (DE5776), at ΔE 1.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Narragansett?

≈ 8. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.