Messenger Bag

With an LRV of about 18, Messenger Bag 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.

Messenger Bag in other brands

• Bayleaf Benjamin Moore 1533 Olive Very close ΔE 0.6
• Crocodile Behr 380F-7 Olive Very close ΔE 0.9
• Swampy Dulux Australia S15B6 Olive Very close ΔE 1.3
• Rainforest Zipline Kelly-Moore KM4749-5 Olive Very close ΔE 1.4
• C0180W Crown Olive Very close ΔE 1.6
• Hempel 17020 Hempel Olive Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Hardware Sherwin-Williams 6172 Olive
• Eclipse Sherwin-Williams 6166 Olive

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns brown
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Messenger Bag warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 13.4 and a value of -0.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Messenger Bag?

Bayleaf (1533), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Messenger Bag?

≈ 18. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.