Nightfall

With an LRV of about 14, 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

• TVT M427 Tikkurila Purple Very close ΔE 1.5
• Noble Honor Plascon P4-D1-3 Purple Very close ΔE 1.7
• Knighted Dulux Australia S49A6 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.8
• Iris Petal Behr ICC-109 Purple Very close ΔE 1.9
• Heather Climb Dulux UK 1915205 Grayish Blue Close ΔE 2.0
• Jogging Track Nerolac 4989 Grayish Blue Close ΔE 2.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Tropical Benjamin Moore 2117-40 Purple
• Shadow Benjamin Moore 2117-30 Purple

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns red
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Nightfall warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of -9.2 and a value of 7.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Nightfall?

TVT M427 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 1.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Nightfall?

≈ 14. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.