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Red Door SW 2910
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, Red Door sits at L* 35.5, a* 59.6, b* 49.9. Its hue angle is 40° and its chroma is 77.7, so it reads as an outright red rather than a neutral. It classifies as warm. Among Sherwin-Williams colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 100%.
LRV 0.0: very dark
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 0.0, Red Door is lighter than 0% of Sherwin-Williams colors. Near-black depth. Use on doors, trim, cabinetry, exteriors or moody rooms with strong artificial lighting.
Closest Benjamin Moore match to Red Door
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Red | HC-181 | 5.71 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Smoldering Red | 2007-10 | 7.66 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Million Dollar Red | 2003-10 | 7.66 | Similar, clearly different |
Closest Behr match to Red Door
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Cracker | PPU2-16 | 10.42 | Same family only | |
| Red Tomato | 170B-7 | 10.48 | Same family only | |
| Flirt Alert | P150-7 | 10.54 | Same family only |
Similar Sherwin-Williams colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pompeii Red | SW 2911 | 4.78 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Redwing | SW 2909 | 5.10 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Scarlet | SW 2907 | 5.15 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Cardinal | SW 2908 | 6.67 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Chanticleer | SW 2912 | 7.39 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Cherry Tomato | SW 6864 | 8.37 | Same family only |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Sherwin-Williams with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Scarlet SW 2907 · lighter, LRV 0.0
- Real Red SW 6868 · lighter, LRV 13.2
- Stop SW 6869 · lighter, LRV 15.0
- Cardinal SW 2908 · darker, LRV 0.0
- Redwing SW 2909 · darker, LRV 0.0
- Pompeii Red SW 2911 · darker, LRV 0.0
Colors that go with Red Door
Sherwin-Williams's own coordinating colors for Red Door:
- Zircon SW 7667
- Pewter Cast SW 7673
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Sherwin-Williams color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- Mosaic Tile SW 2938 · complementary (180°)
- Radish SW 6861 · analogous (−30°)
- Über Umber SW 9107 · analogous (+30°)
- Greenbelt SW 6927 · triadic (120°)
- Hyper Blue SW 6965 · triadic (240°)
Red Door vs popular colors
- Heritage Red (Benjamin Moore HC-181, ΔE 5.7) is lighter (LRV 10.3 vs 0.0), more blue/cool, more green, more muted.
- Red (Benjamin Moore 2000-10, ΔE 9.9) is lighter (LRV 14.2 vs 0.0), more blue/cool, more muted.
- Caliente (Benjamin Moore AF-290, ΔE 10.5) is lighter (LRV 8.8 vs 0.0), more blue/cool, more green, more muted.