5 colors

Black

Near-blacks show every surface flaw and every fingerprint, which is worth weighing against the finish you choose.

A searchable black shade card and colour chart: every black paint color from 2 manufacturers side by side, with hex codes, LRV and cross-brand matches.

  • 2brands
  • 3–3LRV range
  • 0warm
  • 0cool

Every black Lightest to darkest - tap a color to open it

Common questions

How many black paint colors are there?

This page lists 5 black paint colors from 2 brands - Sherwin-Williams (4), Benjamin Moore (1) - each with its manufacturer code, hex value, RGB, LRV and undertone.

What is the paint code for a black color on this page?

Every swatch shows its manufacturer code beneath the name - Sherwin-Williams Caviar is SW6990, for example. That code is what a store mixes from, and it is unique to its brand: the same code at another manufacturer is an unrelated color.

Which black paint colors suit a dark room?

The ones with a high Light Reflectance Value, which is the percentage of light a color reflects. These black colors run from LRV 2.5 (Benjamin Moore Black Forest Green) to LRV 3.0 (Sherwin-Williams Caviar); above 60 keeps a room bright, below 30 reads as a deep color and absorbs the light a dark room has left.

Are these black paint colors warm or cool?

Both - 0 of the 5 are warm and 0 are cool, with the rest neutral. The label is computed from each color's hue angle and chroma in CIE L*a*b*, not from its name, so it can be compared across brands. Warm black suits north-facing rooms, cool black suits rooms that already get strong afternoon light.

How do you compare black paint colors from different brands?

Open any swatch on this page. It lists the closest color in each of the other brands with a ΔE00 figure - perceived color difference, where under 1.0 is indistinguishable side by side and above 4 is visible across a room. The comparison covers published color values only, not sheen, base or coverage.

Is this a black paint shade card?

It is the same information, online and searchable. Where a printed shade card or colour chart gives you a chip and a name, every black swatch here carries its code, hex, RGB, LRV and undertone, and its nearest equivalents at the other brands in the catalog - with nothing to download and no fan deck to order.