Armadillo

With an LRV of about 29, Armadillo 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.

Armadillo in other brands

• Cheyenne Rock Behr 780B-5 Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Talavera PPG 1018-5 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Amulet Tikkurila K481 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Talavera Glidden PPG1018-5 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Traventine Plascon O2-E2-1 Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Labrador Lap Nerolac 4951 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Truly Taupe Sherwin-Williams 6038 Light Gray
• Poised Taupe Sherwin-Williams 6039 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 Turns orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns orange
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Armadillo warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.6 and a value of 4.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Armadillo?

Cheyenne Rock (780B-5), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Armadillo?

≈ 29. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.