Deep Forest Brown

With an LRV of about 4, Deep Forest Brown 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.

Deep Forest Brown in other brands

• Double Bass Dulux Australia SG6A9 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Carbon Benjamin Moore 2117-10 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
• Dark Onyx Plascon 42 Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.5
• Dignity Berger Paints 7A3001 Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.5
• Twilight Zone C2 Paint C2-821 Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.6
• Hempel 60180 Hempel Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Cyberspace Sherwin-Williams 7076 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 Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Deep Forest Brown warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 2.9 and b value of -1.1 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Deep Forest Brown?

Double Bass (SG6A9), at ΔE 1.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Deep Forest Brown?

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