Darkroom

With an LRV of about 5, Darkroom 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.

Darkroom in other brands

• Duke Salute Nerolac 5022 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Plum Benjamin Moore CSP-540 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Ferro 5 Caparol 3D Ferro 5 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Evening Empress Vista K-768 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Burnt Timber Berger Paints 8A2712 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Tundora Resene Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Perle Noir Sherwin-Williams 9154 Gray
• Domino Sherwin-Williams 6989 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns dark brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Darkroom warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 3.0 and b value of -0.3 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Nerolac color to Darkroom?

Duke Salute (5022), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Darkroom?

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