Red Theatre

With an LRV of about 6, Red Theatre 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.

Red Theatre in other brands

• Ruby Lips Johnstone's Red Very close ΔE 1.4
• Murray Red Dulux Australia S04C8 Red Very close ΔE 1.6
• Volcanic Splash 1 Dulux UK 2411702 Red Very close ΔE 1.8
• Posh Red Valspar 1011-4 Red Very close ΔE 1.8
• Kimono Kelly-Moore KM4469-5 Red Very close ΔE 2.0
• Country Red MyPerfectColor MP23446 Dark Red Close ΔE 2.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Red Barn Sherwin-Williams 7591 Red
• Rookwood Dark Red Sherwin-Williams 2801 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 Red Theatre warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 10.8 and a value of 24.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Red Theatre?

Ruby Lips (Johnstone's), at ΔE 1.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Red Theatre?

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