Red

With an LRV of about 22, 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

• Morocco Dulux Australia S05F7 Red Very close ΔE 0.6
• ROSEWOOD Nippon Paint NP PRO 0354 Red Very close ΔE 1.0
• Bordeaux 45 Caparol 3D Bordeaux 45 Red Very close ΔE 1.1
• X6212E Crown Red Very close ΔE 1.2
• Soapstone Rose Asian Paints K245 Red Very close ΔE 1.2
• TVT Q328 Tikkurila Red Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Peaches Benjamin Moore 040 Red
• Southwest Benjamin Moore 048 Red

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• 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 15.8 and a value of 26.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Red?

Morocco (S05F7), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Red?

≈ 22. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.