Sommelier

With an LRV of about 5, Sommelier 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.

Sommelier in other brands

• Pa Red Dulux Australia S03D9 Dark Red Very close ΔE 0.9
• Bramble Jelly Johnstone's Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.4
• Congo Brown Resene Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.4
• Boysenberry Pie KILZ LA100-02 Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.7
• Walnut Grove Kelly-Moore KM4470-5 Dark Red Very close ΔE 1.9
• PWD Brown Plascon G 18 Dark Red Close ΔE 2.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Carriage Door Sherwin-Williams 7594 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 Sommelier warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 7.8 and a value of 16.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Sommelier?

Pa Red (S03D9), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sommelier?

≈ 5. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.