Cordovan

With an LRV of about 6, Cordovan 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.

Cordovan in other brands

• Wine Brown Dulux Australia S02B8 Red Very close ΔE 0.6
• Cherry Chocolate Dulux UK 1523813 Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.1
• Obsession C2 Paint C2-533 Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.3
• Bs E Tikkurila 58 Red Very close ΔE 1.5
• Wild Thing Behr T11-10 Red Very close ΔE 1.8
• Boysenberry Pie KILZ LA100-02 Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Alaea Sherwin-Williams 7579 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 Cordovan warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 4.9 and a value of 15.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Cordovan?

Wine Brown (S02B8), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Cordovan?

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