Sparrow

With an LRV of about 21, Sparrow 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.

Sparrow in other brands

• Peyton Randolph Stone Dark Pratt & Lambert CW405 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Adaptive Shade Sherwin-Williams 7053 Olive Very close ΔE 0.7
• Woodpecker C2 Paint C2-905 Olive Very close ΔE 0.9
• B6210R Crown Olive Very close ΔE 1.0
• Rakaia Double Dulux Australia NZ9D9 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Hipster Brown Jotun 10965 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Equestrian Benjamin Moore 1553 Olive
• Cabin Benjamin Moore 1540 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 Turns brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns brown
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Sparrow warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.6 and a value of 0.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Pratt & Lambert color to Sparrow?

Peyton Randolph Stone Dark (CW405), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sparrow?

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