Red

With an LRV of about 15, 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

• Hot Lips Dulux Australia S05H9 Red Very close ΔE 0.8
• Party Time Vista C-1108 Red Very close ΔE 0.9
• Pomegranate Nerolac 4830 Red Very close ΔE 1.2
• Party Time Hallman Lindsay 1109 Red Very close ΔE 1.4
• Red Beacon Dulux UK 1187073 Red Very close ΔE 1.6
• Stop Sherwin-Williams 6869 Red Very close ΔE 1.8

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Salsa Benjamin Moore 2009-20 Red
• Heritage Benjamin Moore HC-181 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 38.3 and a value of 59.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Red?

Hot Lips (S05H9), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Red?

≈ 15. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.