Black Bean

With an LRV of about 4, Black Bean 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.

Black Bean in other brands

• Deep Leather Dulux Australia S05C9 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Wenge Benjamin Moore AF-180 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 2.0
• Espadrille Dulux UK 3052656 Dark Red Close ΔE 2.2
• IKEA197 IKEA Dark Red Close ΔE 2.3
• Americano Kelly-Moore KM4512-5 Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.4
• Film Noir Hallman Lindsay 144 Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Otter Sherwin-Williams 6041 Brown

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as dark gray
• Protanopia Reads as dark gray
• Tritanopia Reads as dark red
• Achromatopsia Reads as dark gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns dark brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns dark red
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Black Bean warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 4.1 and a value of 5.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Black Bean?

Deep Leather (S05C9), at ΔE 1.1. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Black Bean?

≈ 4. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.