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Ripe Berry SW 9689
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Undertone: Noticeable purple undertone
In CIELAB, Ripe Berry sits at L* 37.6, a* 5.9, b* -8.3. Its hue angle is 305° and its chroma is 10.2, so it leans purple clearly enough to notice on a full wall. It classifies as neutral-cool. Among Sherwin-Williams colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 18%.
LRV 9.9: very dark
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 9.9, Ripe Berry is lighter than 11% 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 Ripe Berry
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Nova | 1414 | 3.74 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Super Nova | CC-990 | 3.74 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Wood Violet | 1428 | 3.80 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Closest Behr match to Ripe Berry
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voodoo | S570-7 | 1.44 | Very close | |
| Plush Purple | S570-7A | 1.44 | Very close | |
| Legacy | UL250-22 | 2.16 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Similar Sherwin-Williams colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midnight | SW 6264 | 3.67 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Purple Passage | SW 6551 | 4.74 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Plummy | SW 6558 | 5.67 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Quixotic Plum | SW 6265 | 5.97 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Expressive Plum | SW 6271 | 6.03 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Cloak Gray | SW 6278 | 6.55 | Similar, clearly different |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Sherwin-Williams with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Cloak Gray SW 6278 · lighter, LRV 11.3
- Plummy SW 6558 · lighter, LRV 11.5
- Expressive Plum SW 6271 · lighter, LRV 11.5
- Sea Mariner SW 9640 · darker, LRV 6.7
- Quixotic Plum SW 6265 · darker, LRV 6.5
- Plum Brown SW 6272 · darker, LRV 6.0
Colors that go with Ripe Berry
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Sherwin-Williams color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- Rookwood Dark Green SW 2816 · complementary (180°)
- Mineral Gray SW 2740 · analogous (−30°)
- Expressive Plum SW 6271 · analogous (+30°)
- Tea Leaf SW 9604 · triadic (120°)
- Still Water SW 6223 · triadic (240°)
Ripe Berry vs popular colors
- Shadow (Benjamin Moore 2117-30, ΔE 4.3) is about as light, more yellow/warm.
- Peppercorn (Sherwin-Williams SW 7674, ΔE 9.5) is about as light, more yellow/warm, more green, more muted.
- Gray (Benjamin Moore 2121-10, ΔE 9.5) is lighter (LRV 11.5 vs 9.9), more yellow/warm, more green, more muted.