Otter

With an LRV of about 6, Otter 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.

Otter in other brands

• Espresso Benjamin Moore CSP-390 Brown Very close ΔE 0.6
• Cordovan Leather Behr BXC-78 Brown Very close ΔE 0.7
• Underground Plascon O1-E1-1 Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.1
• Painted Frame Nippon Paint NP N 1904A Dark Brown Very close ΔE 1.4
• Caffe Bistro Kelly-Moore KM4168-5 Brown Very close ΔE 1.5
• Ashen Brown Berger Paints 8A2809 Dark Brown Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Rookwood Dark Brown Sherwin-Williams 2808 Brown
• Turkish Coffee Sherwin-Williams 6076 Dark Brown

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Otter warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.0 and a value of 6.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Otter?

Espresso (CSP-390), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Otter?

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