Salamander

With an LRV of about 5, Salamander 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.

Salamander in other brands

• Park Party Berger Paints 8T2653 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.8
• Mediterranean C2 Paint C2-709 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.9
• Hempel 47120 Hempel Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.9
• Whale Shark Johnstone's Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.1
• Rookwood Shutter Green Sherwin-Williams 2809 Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.1
• Deepest Woodland Green Glidden 50GG 05/063 Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Nightfall Benjamin Moore 1596 Gray
• Black Benjamin Moore HC-187 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as dark gray
• Protanopia Reads as dark gray
• Tritanopia Reads as dark green
• Achromatopsia Reads as dark gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns dark green
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Salamander warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.0 and a value of -6.0 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Salamander?

Park Party (8T2653), at ΔE 1.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Salamander?

≈ 5. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.