Porcini

With an LRV of about 20, Porcini 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.

Porcini in other brands

• Ghost Ship Glidden PPG15-20 Brown Very close ΔE 0.5
• Ghost Ship PPG 15-20 Brown Very close ΔE 0.5
• Waistcoat Tikkurila Piet's Brown Very close ΔE 0.6
• Bristle Stone Berger Paints 8D2759 Brown Very close ΔE 0.7
• Warm Stone Sherwin-Williams 7032 Brown Very close ΔE 0.9
• Palazzo 95 Caparol 3D Palazzo 95 Brown Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Stardust Benjamin Moore 2108-40 Orange
• Bear Benjamin Moore 1470 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• 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 Porcini warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.8 and a value of 2.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Glidden color to Porcini?

Ghost Ship (PPG15-20), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Porcini?

≈ 20. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.