Love Potion is a dark red from Johnstone's, hex #4E3749. Its light reflectance value is 4.8, so it absorbs light and suits rooms that already get plenty of it.
- HEX
- #4E3749
- RGB
- 78, 55, 73
- HSL
- 313°, 17%, 26%
- CMYK
- 0, 29, 6, 69
- LRV
- 4.8
See it on the walls
A whole room in this colour, lit by daylight.
Try it by lamplight, from another angle, or with a different white on the trim, then share the link. It's a rendered room on a screen, so treat it as a guide and try a sample pot before you commit.
Or point your phone at your own wall and watch it change to this colour, on your device, with nothing uploaded.
Closest matches
The nearest paint from each other brand, closest first, or pick a brand for its closest few.
The closest matches to Love Potion are Peerage CC-36 by Benjamin Moore (good match), 90RB 08113 by Dulux Trade (good match) and Fremantle by Farrelly & Co (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.
Benjamin Moore equivalents to Johnstone's Love Potion
Benjamin Moore has 3 equivalents to Johnstone's's Love Potion, closest first, then 2 near misses. Compare Johnstone's and Benjamin Moore range to range.
Dulux Trade equivalents to Johnstone's Love Potion
Dulux Trade has 1 equivalent to Johnstone's's Love Potion, closest first, then 4 near misses. Compare Johnstone's and Dulux Trade range to range.
Farrelly & Co equivalents to Johnstone's Love Potion
Farrelly & Co has 1 equivalent to Johnstone's's Love Potion, closest first, then 2 near misses. Compare Johnstone's and Farrelly & Co range to range.
Closest Curator paints to Johnstone's Love Potion
Curator has no true equivalent to Johnstone's's Love Potion. These are its closest 3, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Johnstone's and Curator range to range.
Closest Farrow & Ball paints to Johnstone's Love Potion
Farrow & Ball has no true equivalent to Johnstone's's Love Potion. These are its closest 3, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Johnstone's and Farrow & Ball range to range.
Closest Fleetwood paints to Johnstone's Love Potion
Fleetwood has no true equivalent to Johnstone's's Love Potion. These are its closest 3, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Johnstone's and Fleetwood range to range.
Closest Colourtrend paints to Johnstone's Love Potion
Colourtrend has no true equivalent to Johnstone's's Love Potion. These are its closest 4, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Johnstone's and Colourtrend range to range.
Closest Dulux paints to Johnstone's Love Potion
Dulux has no true equivalent to Johnstone's's Love Potion. These are its closest 3, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Johnstone's and Dulux range to range.
Closest Little Greene paints to Johnstone's Love Potion
Little Greene has nothing close to Johnstone's's Love Potion. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Johnstone's and Little Greene range to range.
Closest Dulux Heritage paints to Johnstone's Love Potion
Dulux Heritage has nothing close to Johnstone's's Love Potion. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Johnstone's and Dulux Heritage range to range.
Closest Alchemist paints to Johnstone's Love Potion
Alchemist has nothing close to Johnstone's's Love Potion. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Johnstone's and Alchemist range to range.
Closest Lick paints to Johnstone's Love Potion
Lick has nothing close to Johnstone's's Love Potion. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Johnstone's and Lick range to range.
Closest Acres Hall paints to Johnstone's Love Potion
Acres Hall has nothing close to Johnstone's's Love Potion. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Johnstone's and Acres Hall range to range.
Closest Ronseal paints to Johnstone's Love Potion
Ronseal has nothing close to Johnstone's's Love Potion. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Johnstone's and Ronseal range to range.
Closest Crown paints to Johnstone's Love Potion
Crown has nothing close to Johnstone's's Love Potion. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Johnstone's and Crown range to range.
Compare whole ranges
Johnstone's 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 Reds
Swatcher lays each family out as one long colour card, from the heart of the family outwards. These are the chips either side of Love Potion on it, so some of them look quite different.
Love Potion is the 742nd of 745 reds Swatcher knows about.