Muddled Basil

With an LRV of about 9, Muddled Basil 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.

Muddled Basil in other brands

• Shadow Ridge Behr 730D-7 Olive Very close ΔE 0.6
• MUD MASK Nippon Paint NP PRO 0470 Olive Very close ΔE 0.6
• Montana Moss Valspar 6009-3 Olive Very close ΔE 0.6
• Olive Lake Asian Paints K173 Brown Very close ΔE 0.9
• Forest Floor Kelly-Moore KM4819-5 Olive Very close ΔE 1.0
• Pilot Rock Vista K-928 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Cocoon Sherwin-Williams 6173 Olive
• Andiron Sherwin-Williams 6174 Dark Gray

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 Muddled Basil warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 10.0 and a value of 0.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Muddled Basil?

Shadow Ridge (730D-7), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Muddled Basil?

≈ 9. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.