Plum Dandy

With an LRV of about 17, Plum Dandy 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 Dandy in other brands

• Sombriety Berger Paints 7D2975 Red Very close ΔE 0.7
• Muted Purple Asian Paints K063 Red Very close ΔE 0.7
• Sweet Violet Dulux Australia S47D6 Red Very close ΔE 1.9
• Pink Dash Nerolac pink-dash Red Very close ΔE 1.9
• U9161Q Crown Red Close ΔE 2.1
• Orchard Plum Vista K-745 Purple Close ΔE 2.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Ruby Violet Sherwin-Williams 9076 Red
• Grape Harvest Sherwin-Williams 6285 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 Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Plum Dandy warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of -3.5 and a value of 16.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Plum Dandy?

Sombriety (7D2975), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Plum Dandy?

≈ 17. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.