Red

With an LRV of about 16, Red 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.

Red in other brands

• Reef Tikkurila M319 Red Very close ΔE 0.5
• Intrigue Behr P160-6 Red Very close ΔE 1.1
• Oh So Red Valspar 1009-1 Red Very close ΔE 1.2
• Blazer Farrow & Ball 212 Red Very close ΔE 1.3
• Empower Hallman Lindsay 1095 Red Very close ΔE 1.4
• English Vermilion Berger Paints 1A0504 Red Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Raspberry Benjamin Moore 2008-30 Red
• Deep Benjamin Moore 2004-10 Red

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 Red warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 25.5 and a value of 44.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Red?

Reef (M319), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Red?

≈ 16. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.