Dark Night

With an LRV of about 4, Dark Night 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 Night in other brands

• Cool Current Dulux Australia S33A9 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Brigand C2 Paint C2-757 Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.7
• Before Dawn Johnstone's Dark Gray Close ΔE 3.2
• Esmerelda Green Met. MyPerfectColor MP23420 Dark Blue Close ΔE 3.2
• Hempel 32080 Hempel Dark Blue Close ΔE 3.7
• Blue Jet Plascon B1-E1-1 Dark Blue Close ΔE 3.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Mount Etna Sherwin-Williams 7625 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as dark blue
• Protanopia Reads as dark gray
• Tritanopia Reads as dark green
• Achromatopsia Reads as dark gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns dark gray
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns dark gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Dark Night warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -7.0 and a value of -6.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Dark Night?

Cool Current (S33A9), at ΔE 1.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Dark Night?

≈ 4. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.