Quixotic Plum

With an LRV of about 6, Quixotic 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.

Quixotic Plum in other brands

• Ishtar Dulux Australia S44A8 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Black Amethyst Glidden 30RB 07/071 Purple Very close ΔE 1.1
• Opera Night Nippon Paint NP PB 1470A Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Perinwinkle Tinkle Nerolac 4896 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Midnight Affair Kelly-Moore KM3016-5 Purple Very close ΔE 1.7
• Iron Horse Plascon P2-E1-2 Grayish Blue Close ΔE 2.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Midnight Sherwin-Williams 6264 Gray
• Black Swan Sherwin-Williams 6279 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns dark gray
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns dark gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Quixotic Plum warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -7.1 and a value of 4.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Quixotic Plum?

Ishtar (S44A8), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Quixotic Plum?

≈ 6. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.