Greenblack

With an LRV of about 4, Greenblack 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.

Greenblack in other brands

• Contessa's Cape Vista K-808 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Stout C2 Paint C2-965 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Venato 5 Caparol 3D Venato 5 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Phantom Ship Plascon GR-G10 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Anthracite Pratt & Lambert 25-19 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Mystic Black KILZ TB-39 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Rock Bottom Sherwin-Williams 7062 Dark Gray
• Tricorn Black Sherwin-Williams 6258 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 Greenblack warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.3 and b value of -0.4 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Vista color to Greenblack?

Contessa's Cape (K-808), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Greenblack?

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