When Red Met Blue 1243 is a deep purple from Colourtrend, hex #5D4C78. Its light reflectance value is 8.9, so it absorbs light and suits rooms that already get plenty of it.
- HEX
- #5D4C78
- RGB
- 93, 76, 120
- HSL
- 263°, 22%, 38%
- CMYK
- 22, 37, 0, 53
- LRV
- 8.9
See it on the walls
A whole room in this colour, lit by daylight.
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Closest matches
The nearest paint from each other brand, closest first, or pick a brand for its closest few.
The closest matches to When Red Met Blue 1243 are 30RB 11250 by Dulux Trade (excellent match), All Hallows Eve by Curator (excellent match) and Cleopatras Gown by Johnstone's (good match).
ΔE is the colour difference: under 1.5 is hard to tell apart, under 3.5 reads as the same colour, and past 6 is a different colour.
Dulux Trade equivalents to Colourtrend When Red Met Blue 1243
Dulux Trade has 2 equivalents to Colourtrend's When Red Met Blue 1243, closest first, then 3 near misses. Compare Colourtrend and Dulux Trade range to range.
Curator equivalents to Colourtrend When Red Met Blue 1243
Curator has 1 equivalent to Colourtrend's When Red Met Blue 1243, closest first, then 2 near misses. Compare Colourtrend and Curator range to range.
Johnstone's equivalents to Colourtrend When Red Met Blue 1243
Johnstone's has 2 equivalents to Colourtrend's When Red Met Blue 1243, closest first, then 3 near misses. Compare Colourtrend and Johnstone's range to range.
Benjamin Moore equivalents to Colourtrend When Red Met Blue 1243
Benjamin Moore has 2 equivalents to Colourtrend's When Red Met Blue 1243, closest first, then 3 near misses. Compare Colourtrend and Benjamin Moore range to range.
Closest Dulux paints to Colourtrend When Red Met Blue 1243
Dulux has no true equivalent to Colourtrend's When Red Met Blue 1243. These are its closest 3, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Colourtrend and Dulux range to range.
Closest Ronseal paints to Colourtrend When Red Met Blue 1243
Ronseal has nothing close to Colourtrend's When Red Met Blue 1243. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Colourtrend and Ronseal range to range.
Closest Farrow & Ball paints to Colourtrend When Red Met Blue 1243
Farrow & Ball has nothing close to Colourtrend's When Red Met Blue 1243. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Colourtrend and Farrow & Ball range to range.
Closest Farrelly & Co paints to Colourtrend When Red Met Blue 1243
Farrelly & Co has nothing close to Colourtrend's When Red Met Blue 1243. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Colourtrend and Farrelly & Co range to range.
Closest Acres Hall paints to Colourtrend When Red Met Blue 1243
Acres Hall has nothing close to Colourtrend's When Red Met Blue 1243. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Colourtrend and Acres Hall range to range.
Closest Alchemist paints to Colourtrend When Red Met Blue 1243
Alchemist has nothing close to Colourtrend's When Red Met Blue 1243. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Colourtrend and Alchemist range to range.
Closest Dulux Heritage paints to Colourtrend When Red Met Blue 1243
Dulux Heritage has nothing close to Colourtrend's When Red Met Blue 1243. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Colourtrend and Dulux Heritage range to range.
Closest Little Greene paints to Colourtrend When Red Met Blue 1243
Little Greene has nothing close to Colourtrend's When Red Met Blue 1243. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Colourtrend and Little Greene range to range.
Closest Fleetwood paints to Colourtrend When Red Met Blue 1243
Fleetwood has nothing close to Colourtrend's When Red Met Blue 1243. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Colourtrend and Fleetwood range to range.
Closest Crown paints to Colourtrend When Red Met Blue 1243
Crown has nothing close to Colourtrend's When Red Met Blue 1243. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Colourtrend and Crown range to range.
Closest Lick paints to Colourtrend When Red Met Blue 1243
Lick has nothing close to Colourtrend's When Red Met Blue 1243. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Colourtrend and Lick range to range.
Compare whole ranges
Colourtrend against another brand, a cross-section at a time.
Works well with
Real paints for each job in the room: the trim, the walls around it, deeper and paler versions, and an accent.
Whites for trim
Whites whose undertone agrees with this colour, for woodwork and ceilings.
Neutrals alongside
Quieter colours of the same temperature, for the other walls or the room next door.
Tints and shades
Lighter and darker versions of this same colour.
Where it sits in the Purples
Swatcher lays each family out as one long colour card, from the heart of the family outwards. These are the chips either side of When Red Met Blue 1243 on it, so some of them look quite different.
When Red Met Blue 1243 is the 23rd of 407 purples Swatcher knows about.