Polished Mahogany

With an LRV of about 3, Polished Mahogany 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.

Polished Mahogany in other brands

• Rich Brown MyPerfectColor MP10217 Dark Red Close ΔE 2.6
• Dark Oak Johnstone's Dark Red Close ΔE 3.4
• Jon Resene Dark Red Close ΔE 3.5
• Flame Frenzy 1 Dulux UK 1187480 Dark Red Close ΔE 3.6
• Hempel 60160 Hempel Dark Red Close ΔE 3.7
• Brandywine Pratt & Lambert 2-17 Dark Red Close ΔE 3.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Fiery Brown Sherwin-Williams 6055 Dark Red

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Polished Mahogany warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.8 and a value of 12.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest MyPerfectColor color to Polished Mahogany?

Rich Brown (MP10217), at ΔE 2.6. Under ΔE 4 the difference shows side by side but not across a room.

What is the LRV of Polished Mahogany?

≈ 3. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.