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Carriage Red CW-250
On-screen approximation from the published RGB value. Order a physical sample before you decide.
Undertone: Saturated red (a color, not a neutral)
In CIELAB, Carriage Red sits at L* 29.1, a* 27.5, b* 19.4. Its hue angle is 35° and its chroma is 33.7, so it reads as an outright red rather than a neutral. It classifies as warm. Among Benjamin Moore colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 91%.
LRV 7.7: very dark
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 7.7, Carriage Red is lighter than 3% of Benjamin Moore colors. Near-black depth. Use on doors, trim, cabinetry, exteriors or moody rooms with strong artificial lighting.
Closest Sherwin-Williams match to Carriage Red
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rustic Red | SW 7593 | 0.44 | Practically identical | |
| Crabby Apple | SW 7592 | 2.62 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Fireweed | SW 6328 | 2.66 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Closest Behr match to Carriage Red
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color. Behr does not publish LRV, so Behr values here are estimates.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Pepper | PPU2-2 | 4.35 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Red Pepper | PPU2-02 | 4.35 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Florence Red | BXC-76 | 4.38 | Similar, clearly different |
Similar Benjamin Moore colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country Redwood | HC-183 | 2.03 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Arroyo Red | 2085-10 | 2.81 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Brick Red | 2084-10 | 2.96 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Cottage Red | HC-184 | 3.06 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Sundried Tomato | CC-62 | 3.19 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Parisian Red® | CSP-1170 | 3.46 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Benjamin Moore with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Dinner Party AF-300 · lighter, LRV 8.4
- Parisian Red® CSP-1170 · lighter, LRV 8.9
- Sundried Tomato CC-62 · lighter, LRV 8.3
- Cottage Red HC-184 · darker, LRV 6.7
- Classic Burgundy HC-182 · darker, LRV 7.2
Colors that go with Carriage Red
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Benjamin Moore color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- Beau Green 2054-20 · complementary (180°)
- Radicchio CC-32 · analogous (−30°)
- Taupe 2110-10 · analogous (+30°)
- Rainforest Foliage 2040-10 · triadic (120°)
- Laura Bay 2064-20 · triadic (240°)
Carriage Red vs popular colors
- Dinner Party (Benjamin Moore AF-300, ΔE 4.8) is about as light, more blue/cool, more muted.
- Redwood (Benjamin Moore ES-20, ΔE 5.6) is about as light, more blue/cool.
- Caliente (Benjamin Moore AF-290, ΔE 6.1) is about as light, more yellow/warm, more red/pink, more saturated.