Dark Clove

With an LRV of about 5, Dark Clove 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.

Dark Clove in other brands

• Log Cabin Berger Paints 8A1720 Dark Brown Very close ΔE 0.7
• Mondo Resene Dark Brown Very close ΔE 0.7
• Fudge Truffle Johnstone's Dark Brown Very close ΔE 1.5
• Rich Praline 1 Dulux UK 1187639 Dark Brown Very close ΔE 1.7
• Western Ridge Dulux Australia S09B9 Dark Brown Close ΔE 2.2
• Appalachian Benjamin Moore 2115-10 Dark Brown Close ΔE 2.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Half‐Caff Sherwin-Williams 9091 Brown
• Rojo Marrón Sherwin-Williams 9182 Dark Red

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• 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 Dark Clove warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 9.9 and a value of 4.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Dark Clove?

Log Cabin (8A1720), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Dark Clove?

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