Black Bean
Sherwin-Williams
Try Black Bean on your wall
Take a photo of the room. Muro puts this color on the walls in the light the room actually has.
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How Black Bean behaves on a wall
Sherwin-Williams publishes a light reflectance value of 21.0 for this shade. At LRV 21.0 this is a dark shade. It absorbs far more light than it gives back, which reads as depth in a bright room and as gloom in a north-facing one. Expect to prime if you are covering something much lighter. For trim that reads as a clear edge rather than a smudge, aim about 30 LRV points away — roughly LRV 51 and up. Its red channel runs ahead of its blue, so it reads warm and will sit comfortably next to timber, brass and terracotta. Order by the code, not the name, and put a test patch on the wall before you commit — a screen cannot show you how this shade behaves in your own light.
Black Bean equivalents in other paint brands
The closest color to Sherwin-Williams Black Bean from each brand we carry, measured with CIEDE2000 on the manufacturers' published color values. Below 1 the difference is practically invisible; below 2 you'd only notice it with the chips side by side. Screens and printed chips aren't paint, so compare real samples before you buy. In the Muro app you can put two of them on a photo of your own wall and look at them in your light.