River Rouge

With an LRV of about 12, River Rouge 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.

River Rouge in other brands

• Flemish Painting Kelly-Moore KM630-D Red Very close ΔE 1.1
• Czarina Behr MQ1-48 Red Very close ΔE 1.6
• Purplestone Nippon Paint NP N 1898D Red Very close ΔE 1.8
• Sangria C2 Paint C2-509 Red Very close ΔE 1.8
• Persian Pink Dulux Australia S01C6 Red Close ΔE 2.2
• TVT Q381 Tikkurila Red Close ΔE 2.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Patchwork Plum Sherwin-Williams 22 Red
• Deep Maroon Sherwin-Williams 72 Red

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is River Rouge warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 2.3 and a value of 12.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to River Rouge?

Flemish Painting (KM630-D), at ΔE 1.1. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of River Rouge?

≈ 12. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.