Traffic black
Traffic black is a grey paint color from RAL Classic, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its LRV of 3.9 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#29292ALRV
3.87
Traffic black in Rooms
Follow Traffic black from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 5 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
2 House Photos
The façade’s movement through sun, shade and season can draw different notes from Traffic black (RAL 9017). The grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
RAL Classic Traffic black 9017 garage door
@_annaleooo_
RAL Classic Traffic black 9017 exterior
@fortisaluminiumltd
2 Misc Photos
Traffic black (RAL 9017) moves through 2 misc images without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. With an LRV of 3.9, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
RAL Classic Traffic black 9017 paint
@tomdecor_biesbrouck
RAL Classic Traffic black 9017 door
@project_66_
1 Living Room Photo
The room’s shift from daytime energy to evening calm can draw different notes from Traffic black (RAL 9017). The grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
RAL Classic Traffic black 9017 living room
@tomdecor_biesbrouck
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 6 vs 4), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
Pebble grey reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 4), opening up a space where Traffic black encloses it.
With LRVs of 6 and 4, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Grey white reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 4), opening up a space where Traffic black encloses it.
Olive grey reflects far more light (LRV 22 vs 4), opening up a space where Traffic black encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (8 vs 4) makes Grey olive the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 88 vs 4, Traffic White is decisively the brighter choice.
Yellow grey reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 4), opening up a space where Traffic black encloses it.