Pomegranate
Benjamin Moore AF-295
- HEX
- #8C393F
- RGB
- 140, 57, 63
- LAB
- 35.7, 35.9, 14.3
- LRV
- ≈ 9
- Family
- Red, warm
- Nearest RAL
- 4002 Redviolet
With an LRV of about 9, Pomegranate 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.
Pomegranate in other brands
- Red Licorice Johnstone's Red Very close ΔE 0.6
- Radiant Red Valspar 1009-3 Red Very close ΔE 1.0
- Ripe Currant Behr PMD-22 Red Very close ΔE 1.4
- Red Delicious Glidden 00YR 08/409 Red Very close ΔE 1.4
- Enchanted Red Dulux Australia S02G9 Red Very close ΔE 1.6
- Lover's Kiss Hallman Lindsay 67 Red Very close ΔE 1.7
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
How it looks with color blindness
- Deuteranopia Reads as olive
- Protanopia Reads as dark gray
- 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 Pomegranate warm or cool?
Warm. Its LAB b value of 14.3 and a value of 35.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.
What is the closest Johnstone's color to Pomegranate?
Red Licorice (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Pomegranate?
≈ 9. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.