Perle Noir

With an LRV of about 8, Perle Noir 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.

Perle Noir in other brands

• Almost Benjamin Moore 2130-30 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• HEAVY ANCHOR Nippon Paint NP PRO 0555 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Cityscape Behr ECC-62-2 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Eclipse Tikkurila V488 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• The You Yangs Dulux Australia SN4D9 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Enigma Kelly-Moore AC254-5 Gray Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Cloak Gray Sherwin-Williams 6278 Gray
• Darkroom Sherwin-Williams 7083 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Perle Noir warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.1 and a value of 1.7 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Perle Noir?

Almost (2130-30), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Perle Noir?

≈ 8. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.