Sage

With an LRV of about 15, Sage 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.

Sage in other brands

• Old Box Nippon Paint NP N 1820A Olive Very close ΔE 0.7
• Folk Tales Vista C-367 Olive Very close ΔE 1.2
• Georgia On My Mind Hallman Lindsay 361 Olive Very close ΔE 1.3
• TVT Q595 Tikkurila Olive Very close ΔE 1.6
• Citrus 10 Caparol 3D Citrus 10 Olive Close ΔE 2.3
• Aldeburgh Johnstone's Olive Close ΔE 2.3

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Smoke Benjamin Moore 1519 Olive
• Palmer Benjamin Moore CW-475 Olive

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 Sage warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 19.9 and a value of -1.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Sage?

Old Box (NP N 1820A), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sage?

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