Black

Dunn-Edwards

Color Code:DEA187
Hex Code:#3B3A3A
RGB:59, 58, 58
LRV (Light Reflectance Value):approx. 4.3
Category:neutral
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Black in the light of your own room

Take a photo of the room. Muro puts this color on the walls in the light the room actually has.

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How Black behaves on a wall

Our estimate, worked out from the hex colour, puts the light reflectance value of this Dunn-Edwards shade at about 4.3; Dunn-Edwards's own figure may differ. At an estimated LRV of 4.3 this is a deep shade: it returns under an eighth of the light that reaches it, so a room painted in it leans on lamps rather than daylight. Over a pale base it usually takes an extra coat before the colour stops looking patchy. For trim that reads as a clear edge rather than a smudge, aim about 30 LRV points away — roughly LRV 34 and up. Its red and blue channels are within a few points of each other, so it has no undertone worth naming — it takes its cast from whatever it sits beside. Order by the code, not the name, and put a test patch on the wall before you commit — a screen cannot show you how this shade behaves in your own light.

Black equivalents in other paint brands

The closest color to Dunn-Edwards Black from each brand we carry, measured with CIEDE2000 on the manufacturers' published color values. Below 1 the difference is practically invisible; below 2 you'd only notice it with the chips side by side. Screens and printed chips aren't paint, so compare real samples before you buy. In the Muro app you can put two of them on a photo of your own wall and look at them in your light.

BrandClosest colorΔE 2000
Farrow & BallPitch Black 2560.9 Practically identical
TikkurilaY4980.9 Practically identical
JedynkaCzarny1.0 Practically identical
Caparol3D Granit 51.0 Practically identical
BehrLimousine Leather MQ5-51.0 Very close
TitanluxRAL 90051.1 Very close
Benjamin MooreBlack Beauty 2128-101.2 Very close
DuluxON.00.18 10497541.3 Very close
BruguerCastaño Oscuro 16598181.3 Very close
MagnatCzarny EM021.3 Very close

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