Plum

With an LRV of about 17, Plum 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.

Plum in other brands

• Fairy Land Plascon P6-B1-2 Purple Very close ΔE 1.2
• Falling In Love Nerolac 4853 Purple Very close ΔE 1.5
• U2172R Crown Purple Very close ΔE 1.7
• Strikemaster Resene Purple Very close ΔE 1.8
• TVT L340 Tikkurila Purple Very close ΔE 1.9
• Fruit Of Passion Dulux Australia S46F6 Purple Very close ΔE 2.0

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Purple Benjamin Moore 2073-40 Purple
• Ultra Benjamin Moore 1372 Purple

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Plum warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of -10.3 and a value of 22.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Plascon color to Plum?

Fairy Land (P6-B1-2), at ΔE 1.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Plum?

≈ 17. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.