Positive Red

With an LRV of about 11, Positive Red 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.

Positive Red in other brands

• Unmatched Beauty Hallman Lindsay 1110 Red Very close ΔE 0.9
• Ace Of Hearts Dulux Australia SB7F6 Red Very close ΔE 0.9
• Unmatched Beauty Vista C-1109 Red Very close ΔE 0.9
• Apple Candy Pratt & Lambert 4-15 Red Very close ΔE 1.0
• Red Ink Dunn-Edwards DEA151 Red Very close ΔE 1.1
• Crimson Red Glidden 31YR 10/591 Red Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Habanero Chile Sherwin-Williams 7589 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 Positive Red warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 27.2 and a value of 52.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hallman Lindsay color to Positive Red?

Unmatched Beauty (1110), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Positive Red?

≈ 11. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.