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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
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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

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

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.