Bolero

With an LRV of about 9, Bolero 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.

Bolero in other brands

• Canadian Flag C2 Paint C2-521 Red Very close ΔE 1.1
• Cranberry Crush Johnstone's Red Very close ΔE 1.2
• Sanguine Brown Resene Red Very close ΔE 1.3
• Strong Strawberry Dulux Australia S05F9 Red Very close ΔE 1.4
• Autumn's Bronze Vista K-1120 Red Very close ΔE 1.7
• Grenadin 95 Caparol 3D Grenadin 95 Red Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Antique Red Sherwin-Williams 7587 Red
• Rustic Red Sherwin-Williams 7593 Dark Red

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Bolero warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 21.9 and a value of 36.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest C2 Paint color to Bolero?

Canadian Flag (C2-521), at ΔE 1.1. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Bolero?

≈ 9. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.