Poinsettia

With an LRV of about 10, Poinsettia 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.

Poinsettia in other brands

• Sheer Reds Berger Paints 1A1976 Red Very close ΔE 0.6
• Passion Red Plascon 101 Red Very close ΔE 1.1
• TVT D145 Tikkurila Red Very close ΔE 1.3
• Chilli Pepper Dulux UK 1977035 Red Very close ΔE 1.3
• 85% Appel Flexa Red Very close ΔE 1.3
• Stiletto Resene Red Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Enticing Red Sherwin-Williams 6600 Red
• Stolen Kiss Sherwin-Williams 7586 Red

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• 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 Poinsettia warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 20.0 and a value of 42.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Poinsettia?

Sheer Reds (1A1976), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Poinsettia?

≈ 10. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.