Alexandrite

With an LRV of about 22, Alexandrite 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. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Alexandrite in other brands

• Pyromorphite Green MyPerfectColor MP11809 Green Very close ΔE 1.3
• Aegean Green Kelly-Moore KM5078-3 Green Very close ΔE 1.4
• Somerest Nerolac 2479 Green Very close ΔE 1.7
• Serenade Asian Paints 9286 Green Very close ΔE 1.7
• Hempel 44022 Hempel Green Very close ΔE 1.9
• Farm Stay Berger Paints 7D2938 Green Very close ΔE 1.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Parisian Patina Sherwin-Williams 9041 Green
• Kendal Green Sherwin-Williams 6467 Grayish Green

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as teal
• 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 Alexandrite warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 7.5 and a value of -22.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest MyPerfectColor color to Alexandrite?

Pyromorphite Green (MP11809), at ΔE 1.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Alexandrite?

≈ 22. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.