Rookwood Dark Brown

With an LRV of about 8, Rookwood Dark Brown 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.

Rookwood Dark Brown in other brands

• French Benjamin Moore AF-170 Brown Very close ΔE 0.3
• Roasted Nuts Behr UL130-2 Brown Very close ΔE 0.6
• Hazelnut Tikkurila 0976 Brown Very close ΔE 0.9
• Ground Bean Kelly-Moore KMA65-5 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Havana Cigar Asian Paints K210 Brown Very close ΔE 1.1
• Precious Peat Dulux UK 2681652 Brown Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Homestead Brown Sherwin-Williams 7515 Brown
• Turkish Coffee Sherwin-Williams 6076 Dark Brown

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Rookwood Dark Brown warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.8 and a value of 5.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Rookwood Dark Brown?

French (AF-170), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Rookwood Dark Brown?

≈ 8. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.