Nightfall

With an LRV of about 8, Nightfall 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.

Nightfall in other brands

• Enigma Nippon Paint NP AC 3454A Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Egyptian Night Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Satin Black Behr PPU26-01 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Black Ice Kelly-Moore KMA91-5 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Cover of Night Dunn-Edwards DE6329 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Midnight Oil Asian Paints 8333 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Bracken Benjamin Moore CW-690 Gray
• Black Benjamin Moore 2133-20 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Nightfall warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.2 and b value of -0.4 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Nightfall?

Enigma (NP AC 3454A), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Nightfall?

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