Inkwell

With an LRV of about 4, Inkwell 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.

Inkwell in other brands

• Maximus Dulux Australia SG5B9 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Witch’s Cloak Johnstone's Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• After Benjamin Moore CSP-630 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Tribeca Corner Plascon 48 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.7
• Cobalt Night Dulux UK 1854794 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.7
• Piercing Black Berger Paints 8A2614 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.8

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 Inkwell warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.2 and a value of -1.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Inkwell?

Maximus (SG5B9), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Inkwell?

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