Red

With an LRV of about 21, 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

• Phoenix Feather Johnstone's Brown Very close ΔE 0.7
• Cobrizo Behr PPH-70 (HISP) Red Very close ΔE 1.2
• Flame Of Fame Nerolac 4710 Brown Very close ΔE 1.3
• Burnt Clay Glidden 30YR 20/313 Red Very close ΔE 1.8
• TVT S318 Tikkurila Red Very close ΔE 2.0
• Kitchen Tile Red Valspar 2002-5B Red Close ΔE 2.1

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Tropical Benjamin Moore CSP-1115 Red
• Baked Benjamin Moore 035 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 Turns brown
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Red warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 22.8 and a value of 27.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Red?

Phoenix Feather (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Red?

≈ 21. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.