Purple

With an LRV of about 7, Purple 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.

Purple in other brands

• Pansy Petal Glidden PPG1177-7 Purple Very close ΔE 1.0
• Pansy Petal PPG 1177-7 Purple Very close ΔE 1.0
• Amethyst Pratt & Lambert 30-15 Purple Very close ΔE 1.0
• Noble Violet Dulux Australia S49C8 Purple Very close ΔE 1.4
• So Merd1lot Kelly-Moore KM3752-5 Purple Very close ΔE 1.5
• Dreamy Heaven Hallman Lindsay 1201 Purple Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Ultra Benjamin Moore 1372 Purple
• Peerage Benjamin Moore CC-36 Purple

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Purple warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of -11.4 and a value of 15.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Glidden color to Purple?

Pansy Petal (PPG1177-7), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Purple?

≈ 7. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.