Basil

With an LRV of about 15, Basil 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.

Basil in other brands

• Ahoy! Nippon Paint NP N 3274A Grayish Green Very close ΔE 0.6
• Forest Range Berger Paints 7A2964 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.0
• Logan Lake Vista K-865 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.0
• Enchanted Benjamin Moore 700 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.6
• Tea Leaf Pratt & Lambert 19-20 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.6
• Basilico Asian Paints K137 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Privilege Green Sherwin-Williams 6193 Grayish Green
• Vogue Green Sherwin-Williams 65 Grayish Green

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 olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Basil warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.3 and a value of -7.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Basil?

Ahoy! (NP N 3274A), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Basil?

≈ 15. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.