Carnelian

With an LRV of about 6, Carnelian 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.

Carnelian in other brands

• Divine Wine Behr PPU1-02 Dark Red Very close ΔE 0.4
• Red Kobra 17 Dark Red Very close ΔE 0.6
• PEANUT LOCK Nippon Paint NP PRO 0570 Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.2
• Ranch House Brown Glidden 85RR 05/082 Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.5
• Chocolat Noir MyPerfectColor MP13335 Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.5
• Bison Stampede Johnstone's Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Deepest Mauve Sherwin-Williams 5 Red
• Marooned Sherwin-Williams 6020 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 Carnelian warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 4.3 and a value of 10.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Carnelian?

Divine Wine (PPU1-02), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Carnelian?

≈ 6. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.