Smoke

With an LRV of about 21, Smoke 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.

Smoke in other brands

• Avocado Sherwin-Williams 2861 Olive Very close ΔE 1.3
• Dress Tikkurila Model's Olive Very close ΔE 1.3
• Sorrel Leaf Behr N340-6 Olive Very close ΔE 1.4
• Fingerpaint Dulux Australia S15C6 Olive Very close ΔE 1.4
• Land Before Time Hallman Lindsay 360 Olive Very close ΔE 1.5
• Hempel 65000 Hempel Olive Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Palace Benjamin Moore CW-35 Beige
• Sage Benjamin Moore 2143-10 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 Smoke warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 17.9 and a value of -0.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Sherwin-Williams color to Smoke?

Avocado (2861), at ΔE 1.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Smoke?

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