Onyx

With an LRV of about 4, Onyx 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.

Onyx in other brands

• Taihape Dulux Australia NZ10H3 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Black Kobra 44 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Tuatara Resene Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Zanzibar Tavern Plascon GR-B12 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• 100% Grafiet Flexa Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Sayward Pine Hallman Lindsay historic-sayward-pine Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Graphite Benjamin Moore 1603 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 Onyx warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 0.4 and b value of 0.2 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Onyx?

Taihape (NZ10H3), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Onyx?

≈ 4. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.