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Carter Plum CW-355
On-screen approximation from the published RGB value. Order a physical sample before you decide.
Undertone: Saturated pink (a color, not a neutral)
In CIELAB, Carter Plum sits at L* 34.7, a* 21.9, b* 1.5. Its hue angle is 4° and its chroma is 22.0, so it reads as an outright pink rather than a neutral. It classifies as warm. Among Benjamin Moore colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 40%.
LRV 10.1: very dark
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 10.1, Carter Plum is lighter than 7% 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 Carter Plum
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Wine | SW 6307 | 4.52 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Deep Maroon | SW 0072 | 4.81 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Juneberry | SW 6573 | 5.12 | Similar, clearly different |
Closest Behr match to Carter Plum
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Rose | T11-4 | 1.36 | Very close | |
| Vin Rouge | 110D-7 | 2.22 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Vintage Merlot | ICC-110 | 2.69 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Similar Benjamin Moore colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordeaux Red | 1365 | 2.30 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Bottle of Bordeaux | 1357 | 3.14 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| New London Burgundy | HC-61 | 4.08 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Modern Romance | CSP-435 | 4.36 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Radicchio | CC-32 | 4.66 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Cranberry Cocktail | 2083-20 | 4.78 | Similar, clearly different |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Benjamin Moore with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Modern Romance CSP-435 · lighter, LRV 11.4
- Hodley Red HC-65 · lighter, LRV 11.0
- Beaujolais 1259 · lighter, LRV 11.0
- New Pilgrim Red ES-21 · darker, LRV 7.1
- Raisin Torte 2083-10 · darker, LRV 7.9
- Cascabel Chile CSP-445 · darker, LRV 8.3
Colors that go with Carter Plum
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Benjamin Moore color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- Marine Aqua 2052-20 · complementary (180°)
- Eggplant 1379 · analogous (−30°)
- Peatmoss 2103-30 · analogous (+30°)
- Colonial Verdigris CW-530 · triadic (120°)
- Blue Danube 2062-30 · triadic (240°)
Carter Plum vs popular colors
- New London Burgundy (Benjamin Moore HC-61, ΔE 4.1) is about as light, more yellow/warm, more green, more muted.
- Dinner Party (Benjamin Moore AF-300, ΔE 8.0) is darker (LRV 8.4 vs 10.1), more yellow/warm, more red/pink, more saturated.
- Redwood (Benjamin Moore ES-20, ΔE 10.3) is about as light, more yellow/warm, more red/pink, more saturated.