Laurel Woods

With an LRV of about 6, Laurel Woods 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.

Laurel Woods in other brands

• Deep Forest Behr BXC-12 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Topsoil Benjamin Moore CC-692 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Clover Patch Hallman Lindsay 431 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.5
• Ficus Tikkurila N378 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.7
• Showdown Dulux Australia SG5F9 Dark Green Very close ΔE 1.8
• Oase 35 Caparol 3D Oase 35 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Forestwood Sherwin-Williams 7730 Grayish Green
• Jasper Sherwin-Williams 6216 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 Turns olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns dark green
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Laurel Woods warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.5 and a value of -4.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Laurel Woods?

Deep Forest (BXC-12), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Laurel Woods?

≈ 6. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.