Red

With an LRV of about 11, 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

• Firefly C2 Paint C2-567 Red Very close ΔE 0.5
• Dark Marmalade Vista C-1039 Red Very close ΔE 0.9
• Magma 95 Caparol 3D Magma 95 Red Very close ΔE 1.0
• Mischief Maker Kelly-Moore KM5408-5 Red Very close ΔE 1.4
• Brick Paver Sherwin-Williams 7599 Red Very close ΔE 1.4
• Dark Marmalade Hallman Lindsay 1040 Red Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Iron Benjamin Moore 2089-10 Red
• Country Benjamin Moore HC-183 Dark 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 Turns brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Red warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 26.3 and a value of 33.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest C2 Paint color to Red?

Firefly (C2-567), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Red?

≈ 11. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.