Sharkskin

With an LRV of about 15, Sharkskin 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.

Sharkskin in other brands

• River God Vista C-449 Olive Very close ΔE 0.6
• Gladiator Gray Behr N370-6 Olive Very close ΔE 0.6
• Green Tinged Gray Berger Paints 8D3020 Olive Very close ΔE 0.8
• River God Hallman Lindsay 450 Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• King's Court PPG 1032-6 Olive Very close ΔE 1.1
• King'S Court Glidden PPG1032-6 Olive Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Gunsmith Benjamin Moore CW-65 Olive
• Mohegan Benjamin Moore 2138-30 Olive

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Sharkskin warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.0 and a value of -2.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Sharkskin?

River God (C-449), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sharkskin?

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