Temptation

With an LRV of about 10, Temptation 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.

Temptation in other brands

• TVT Q840 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Blindfold Valspar 4007-2C Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Edge of Black Dunn-Edwards DE6349 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Dark as Night Nippon Paint NP N 3098A Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Grey Soot Dulux Australia SG6C9 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Pencil Point Behr PPU18-02 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Kitty Benjamin Moore 1589 Gray
• Black Benjamin Moore 2132-30 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• 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 Temptation warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.9 and a value of -0.7 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Temptation?

TVT Q840 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Temptation?

≈ 10. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.