Deepest Mauve
Sherwin-Williams 5
- HEX
- #6D595A
- RGB
- 109, 89, 90
- LAB
- 39.8, 8.4, 2.5
- LRV
- ≈ 11
- Family
- Red, warm
- Nearest RAL
- 8025 Pale Brown
With an LRV of about 11, Deepest Mauve 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.
Deepest Mauve in other brands
- Grouse Mountain Kelly-Moore KM636-D Red Very close ΔE 0.4
- Equus Bronze Met. MyPerfectColor MP20181 Red Very close ΔE 0.8
- Amazon Benjamin Moore 2115-30 Red Very close ΔE 1.1
- Grand Plum Behr N120-7 Red Very close ΔE 1.2
- Wood .05 Colorhouse Wood-05 Red Very close ΔE 1.8
- Dorado Resene Red Very close ΔE 1.8
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
- Patchwork Plum Sherwin-Williams 22 Red
- Bitter Chocolate Sherwin-Williams 6013 Dark Gray
- Very close ΔE 0.0
How it looks with color blindness
- Deuteranopia Reads as gray
- Protanopia Reads as gray
- Tritanopia Reads as red
- Achromatopsia Reads as gray
Under different light
- Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns brown
- Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
- Daylight, 6500 K As listed
Questions
Is Deepest Mauve warm or cool?
Warm. Its LAB b value of 2.5 and a value of 8.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.
What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Deepest Mauve?
Grouse Mountain (KM636-D), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Deepest Mauve?
≈ 11. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.