Rustic Red

With an LRV of about 6, Rustic 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.

Rustic Red in other brands

• Carriage Benjamin Moore CW-250 Dark Red Very close ΔE 0.5
• Hempel 53090 Hempel Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.5
• Capsicum Red Dulux Australia S05E8 Red Very close ΔE 1.6
• Manchester Red Pratt & Lambert 4-17 Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.8
• Hot Tamale C2 Paint C2-552 Red Close ΔE 2.3
• Clay .05 Colorhouse Clay-05 Dark Red Close ΔE 2.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Red Barn Sherwin-Williams 7591 Red
• Polished Mahogany Sherwin-Williams 2838 Dark Red

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• 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 Rustic Red warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 18.8 and a value of 26.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Rustic Red?

Carriage (CW-250), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Rustic Red?

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