Real Red

With an LRV of about 13, Real 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.

Real Red in other brands

• Lipstick Pencil Vista K-1220 Red Very close ΔE 0.4
• Hot Jazz Dunn-Edwards DEA107 Red Very close ΔE 0.6
• Umbria Red MyPerfectColor MP7505 Red Very close ΔE 0.9
• Stark Red Nippon Paint NP AC 3418A Red Very close ΔE 1.0
• Hearts Tikkurila M323 Red Very close ΔE 1.0
• Fiery Red Dulux Australia SB7E2 Red Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Raucous Orange Sherwin-Williams 6883 Brown
• Heartthrob Sherwin-Williams 6866 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 Real Red warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 33.4 and a value of 57.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Real Red?

Lipstick Pencil (K-1220), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Real Red?

≈ 13. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.