Poetry Plum

With an LRV of about 12, Poetry 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.

Poetry Plum in other brands

• Amazon Benjamin Moore 2115-30 Red Very close ΔE 1.1
• Wood .05 Colorhouse Wood-05 Red Very close ΔE 1.6
• Grouse Mountain Kelly-Moore KM636-D Red Very close ΔE 1.6
• Impromptu Dulux Australia S48B6 Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Equus Bronze Met. MyPerfectColor MP20181 Red Very close ΔE 1.8
• TVT Q381 Tikkurila Red Close ΔE 2.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Grapy Sherwin-Williams 7629 Gray
• Deep Maroon Sherwin-Williams 72 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 Poetry Plum warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 1.2 and a value of 8.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Poetry Plum?

Amazon (2115-30), at ΔE 1.1. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Poetry Plum?

≈ 12. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.