Moscow Midnight

With an LRV of about 5, Moscow Midnight 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.

Moscow Midnight in other brands

• Sophisticated Teal Vista K-1249 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Winter Waves Dulux Australia S33B9 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Blue Dianne Resene Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Teal Benjamin Moore 2055-10 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.7
• Plymouth Blue Johnstone's Dark Blue Close ΔE 2.3
• Blue Abyss Berger Paints 8A2633 Grayish Blue Close ΔE 2.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Marea Baja Sherwin-Williams 9185 Grayish Blue
• Dark Night Sherwin-Williams 6237 Dark Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as grayish blue
• Protanopia Reads as grayish blue
• Tritanopia Reads as teal
• Achromatopsia Reads as dark gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns dark green
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Moscow Midnight warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -11.3 and a value of -9.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Moscow Midnight?

Sophisticated Teal (K-1249), at ΔE 1.1. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Moscow Midnight?

≈ 5. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.