Plum

With an LRV of about 5, 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

• Plum Island Hallman Lindsay historic-plum-island Purple Very close ΔE 1.0
• Black Plum Pratt & Lambert 31-18 Purple Very close ΔE 1.1
• Centre Rock Dulux Australia S49A8 Purple Very close ΔE 1.3
• Royal Treatment Vista K-48 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Night Iris Plascon P3-D1-1 Purple Very close ΔE 1.9
• Sovereign Behr HDC-CL-06 Grayish Blue Close ΔE 2.0

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Shadow Benjamin Moore 2117-30 Purple
• Old Benjamin Moore 2063-10 Dark Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Plum warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of -10.7 and a value of 8.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hallman Lindsay color to Plum?

Plum Island (historic-plum-island), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Plum?

≈ 5. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.