Raisin

With an LRV of about 3, Raisin 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.

Raisin in other brands

• Wenge Benjamin Moore AF-180 Dark Gray Close ΔE 2.6
• Dark Chocolate Dutch D-6782 Dark Gray Close ΔE 3.0
• Thunder Resene Dark Gray Close ΔE 3.1
• Patinated Bronze Met. MyPerfectColor MP20306 Dark Gray Close ΔE 3.1
• Concord Grape Dulux Australia S47A9 Dark Gray Close ΔE 3.3
• Dark Berry Vista K-760 Dark Gray Close ΔE 3.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Bitter Chocolate Sherwin-Williams 6013 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Raisin warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 1.2 and a value of 6.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Raisin?

Wenge (AF-180), at ΔE 2.6. Under ΔE 4 the difference shows side by side but not across a room.

What is the LRV of Raisin?

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