Peony

With an LRV of about 18, Peony 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.

Peony in other brands

• Heady Pink Met. MyPerfectColor MP25338 Red Very close ΔE 1.5
• Pink 10 Caparol 3D Pink 10 Red Very close ΔE 1.9
• Absolutely Pink Nippon Paint NP AC 2077A Red Close ΔE 2.1
• Pink Charm Nerolac 4770 Red Close ΔE 2.2
• A Tartan Red Kelly-Moore 3 Red Close ΔE 2.3
• Pink Punch Dunn-Edwards DE5048 Red Close ΔE 2.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Milano Benjamin Moore 1313 Red
• Gypsy Benjamin Moore 2077-20 Red

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Peony warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 3.8 and a value of 55.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest MyPerfectColor color to Peony?

Heady Pink Met. (MP25338), at ΔE 1.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Peony?

≈ 18. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.