Perle Noir
Sherwin-Williams Perle Noir (9154) carries the measured structure of its color data and the less predictable beauty of paint in a finished space. Its neutral temperature leaves room for surrounding materials and light to pull the color warmer or cooler. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#4F4D51LRV
7.52
Perle Noir's Color Strip
Perle Noir is the seventh shade on this 7-color strip, the deepest shade in this coordinated family. Browsing strip 226 alongside this color helps you gauge whether to go lighter, darker, or stay right here.
Perle Noir in Rooms
Follow Perle Noir from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 11 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
3 Misc Photos
Its place within 2020 Haven hints at the range of palettes it can inhabit. In this setting, let the varied light of hallways, corners and transitional rooms and a changing mix of architectural details and personal finishes guide the final sample decision.
Deep walls in Perle Noir establish drama and sophistication.
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Corridor walls painted in Perle Noir draw the eye forward.
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Hallway features bold Perle Noir walls that impress visitors.
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1 Bedroom Photo
In a room designed around rest, softness and retreat, the most interesting quality of Perle Noir (9154) may be the way it responds to bed linen, timber, wool and upholstered textures. The grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Accent wall in Perle Noir creates a striking focal point.
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1 Front Door Photo
1 front door image place Perle Noir (9154) in a small architectural moment with an outsized first impression. With an LRV of 7.5, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
Front door painted in Perle Noir makes a dramatic statement.
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6 Bathroom Photos
Perle Noir (9154) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood. Test it under window light, mirrors and focused task lighting.
Bathroom vanity mirror reflects light off Perle Noir walls beautifully.
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Coordinating Colors
Original White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 8), opening up a space where Perle Noir encloses it.
At LRV 86 vs 8, Extra White is decisively the brighter choice.
Zircon reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 8), opening up a space where Perle Noir encloses it.
Trim Color
Original White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 8), opening up a space where Perle Noir encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 8 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 8 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 7), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 8 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 8 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (11 vs 8) makes Cloak Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Complementary Colors
With LRVs of 10 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 73 vs 8, Opaline is decisively the brighter choice.
Pine Frost reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 8), opening up a space where Perle Noir encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Leaflet reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 8), opening up a space where Perle Noir encloses it.
Frostwork reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 8), opening up a space where Perle Noir encloses it.
At LRV 86 vs 8, Extra White is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
Special Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (11 vs 8) makes Cloak Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Exclusive Plum reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 10 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Darker Colors
A 4-point LRV gap (8 vs 3) makes Perle Noir the marginally brighter of the two.
Perle Noir reads slightly lighter (LRV 8 vs 4), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
This deep purple feels almost black. Add a dose of sophisticated mystery to an accent wall with this cool neutral.