Soot

With an LRV of about 5, Soot 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.

Soot in other brands

• Oolong Dulux Australia SG6D8 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Hempel 10520 Hempel Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Dark Night Kelly-Moore AC93-N Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Black Hole Met. MyPerfectColor MP19952 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Witch’s Cloak Johnstone's Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.8
• Pacific 5 Caparol 3D Pacific 5 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Midsummer Benjamin Moore 2134-20 Dark 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 gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as dark gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Soot warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.8 and a value of -0.9 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Soot?

Oolong (SG6D8), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Soot?

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