Mink

With an LRV of about 20, Mink 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.

Mink in other brands

• Dark Horizon Nippon Paint NP N 3392D Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Mule Dulux Australia S06A5 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Complex Gray Behr N140-5 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Vol Aarde Flexa Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Horseshoe Asian Paints K069 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Ferro 25 Caparol 3D Ferro 25 Gray Very close ΔE 1.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Gris Morado Sherwin-Williams 9156 Gray
• Homburg Gray Sherwin-Williams 7622 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• 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 Mink warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 2.7 and b value of 3.4 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Mink?

Dark Horizon (NP N 3392D), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Mink?

≈ 20. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.