Plum Brown

With an LRV of about 6, Plum Brown 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.

Plum Brown in other brands

• Dark Cacao Berger Paints 8A2810 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Dark Burgundy Wine Behr BXC-09 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Deep Rum Raisin Glidden 50RR 06/057 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Dark Berry Kelly-Moore KM3768-5 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Medieval Ages Nippon Paint NP N 3341A Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Deepest Burgundy Dulux UK 1187346 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Expressive Plum Sherwin-Williams 6271 Gray
• Deep Forest Brown Sherwin-Williams 9175 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Plum Brown warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of -1.1 and a value of 6.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Plum Brown?

Dark Cacao (8A2810), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Plum Brown?

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