Black Swan

With an LRV of about 4, Black Swan 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 Swan in other brands

• Imperator Dulux Australia SG6E9 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Ship Grey Resene Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.1
• Voodoo C2 Paint C2-789 Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.4
• Toucan Benjamin Moore 2118-20 Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.4
• Octavius Vista C-521 Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.4
• Chalkboard Plascon P1-E1-1 Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Black Fox Sherwin-Williams 7020 Dark Gray
• Raisin Sherwin-Williams 7630 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 Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Black Swan warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.9 and a value of 2.9 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Black Swan?

Imperator (SG6E9), at ΔE 1.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Black Swan?

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