Rookwood Dark Red

With an LRV of about 3, Rookwood Dark 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.

Rookwood Dark Red in other brands

• Crater Brown Resene Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.6
• Barolo Johnstone's Dark Red Close ΔE 2.2
• Brandywine Pratt & Lambert 2-17 Dark Red Close ΔE 2.3
• Anodized Black MyPerfectColor MP13338 Dark Red Close ΔE 2.5
• Barolo 5 Caparol 3D Barolo 5 Dark Red Close ΔE 2.7
• Fondue Dip Berger Paints 8A2811 Dark Red Close ΔE 3.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Sommelier Sherwin-Williams 7595 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 Rookwood Dark Red warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.9 and a value of 15.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Resene color to Rookwood Dark Red?

Crater Brown (Resene), at ΔE 1.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Rookwood Dark Red?

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