Patchwork Plum

With an LRV of about 16, Patchwork Plum 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.

Patchwork Plum in other brands

• Mink Benjamin Moore 1252 Red Very close ΔE 0.9
• Deep Serenity Dulux Australia S03C6 Red Very close ΔE 0.9
• Dusty Purple Jotun 3343 Red Very close ΔE 1.4
• Russell Bronze Met. MyPerfectColor MP20182 Red Very close ΔE 1.5
• Raisin In The Sun Behr N120-6 Red Very close ΔE 1.6
• W6141A Crown Red Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Socialite Sherwin-Williams 6025 Red
• Deepest Mauve Sherwin-Williams 5 Red

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Patchwork Plum warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 2.5 and a value of 8.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Patchwork Plum?

Mink (1252), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Patchwork Plum?

≈ 16. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.