Andiron

With an LRV of about 5, Andiron 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.

Andiron in other brands

• Herbal Tea Dulux Australia S18A9 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
• Hempel 47150 Hempel Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.1
• Amazon C2 Paint C2-917 Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.2
• Writers Desk Dulux UK 1854813 Olive Close ΔE 2.4
• River Benjamin Moore 2139-10 Olive Close ΔE 2.7
• Ruggero Grey Hallman Lindsay 452 Olive Close ΔE 2.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Roycroft Bronze Green Sherwin-Williams 2846 Gray
• Black Bean Sherwin-Williams 6006 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 Turns olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns olive
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Andiron warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.4 and a value of -1.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Andiron?

Herbal Tea (S18A9), at ΔE 1.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Andiron?

≈ 5. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.