Shadow

With an LRV of about 8, Shadow 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.

Shadow in other brands

• Twilight Cinders 1 Dulux UK 1187249 Purple Very close ΔE 1.1
• Midnight Affair Kelly-Moore KM3016-5 Purple Very close ΔE 1.1
• Blue Grape Asian Paints 9625 Purple Very close ΔE 1.3
• Time Capsule Plascon P3-E1-2 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Plum Purple Dulux Australia S44B7 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Deep Thougts Nippon Paint NP AC 3423A Purple Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Nightfall Benjamin Moore CC-38 Purple
• Deep Benjamin Moore 2069-10 Dark Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as grayish blue
• Tritanopia Reads as gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns dark gray
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns dark gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Shadow warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -7.2 and a value of 6.0 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux UK color to Shadow?

Twilight Cinders 1 (1187249), at ΔE 1.1. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Shadow?

≈ 8. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.