Cajun Red

With an LRV of about 10, Cajun Red 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.

Cajun Red in other brands

• Redbrick Johnstone's Brown Very close ΔE 0.5
• Cayenne C2 Paint C2-570 Brown Very close ΔE 0.8
• Copper Benjamin Moore 2172-10 Red Very close ΔE 1.0
• Rangitoto Dulux Australia NZ10D9 Red Very close ΔE 1.1
• Mischief Maker Kelly-Moore KM5408-5 Red Very close ΔE 1.2
• Brick Red Dulux UK 1915005 Brown Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Pennywise Sherwin-Williams 6349 Brown
• Roycroft Copper Red Sherwin-Williams 2839 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 Cajun Red warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 26.4 and a value of 30.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Cajun Red?

Redbrick (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Cajun Red?

≈ 10. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.