Burgundy

With an LRV of about 5, Burgundy 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.

Burgundy in other brands

• Rame Red Met. MyPerfectColor MP22350 Dark Red Very close ΔE 0.8
• Radicchio Benjamin Moore CC-32 Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.7
• Kung Fu Vista C-108 Dark Red Close ΔE 2.2
• Velvet Cape Dulux Australia S48C9 Dark Red Close ΔE 2.3
• Moroccan Velvet 1 Dulux UK 2390913 Dark Red Close ΔE 2.3
• Cabernet Craving Kelly-Moore KM4483-5 Dark Red Close ΔE 2.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Cordial Sherwin-Williams 6306 Red
• Rookwood Dark Red Sherwin-Williams 2801 Dark Red

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

Questions

Is Burgundy warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 2.8 and a value of 22.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest MyPerfectColor color to Burgundy?

Rame Red Met. (MP22350), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Burgundy?

≈ 5. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.