Chinese Red

With an LRV of about 11, Chinese 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.

Chinese Red in other brands

• Fahrenheit KILZ LH180 Red Very close ΔE 1.0
• Cochineal Benjamin Moore CW-330 Red Very close ΔE 1.0
• Leaf Rust Vista K-1217 Red Very close ΔE 1.2
• Mars Red Dulux Australia S06F8 Red Very close ΔE 1.2
• Magma 95 Caparol 3D Magma 95 Red Very close ΔE 1.4
• Teaberry Blossom Johnstone's Red Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Peppery Sherwin-Williams 6615 Red
• Fired Brick Sherwin-Williams 6335 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 Chinese Red warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 27.2 and a value of 39.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest KILZ color to Chinese Red?

Fahrenheit (LH180), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Chinese Red?

≈ 11. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.