So now you have all the colours discussed, set in both Colour Spaces.
You need to choose one in which to work and stick with it. Either,
CieLab Data which uses Lightness/C (CieLab chroma)/Hue Angle° or
Munsell Notation of Value/Chroma/Hue Family.
Use the numbers to make comparisons between the colours. Really helpful when as you see, some are quite similar.
The mention of F&B Elephant’s Breath sometimes looking purple, brings up a really important point to bear in mind and that is, low chroma, near neutral colours from approximately 40-90° can shift lavender/purple/plum brown under imbalanced light.
They aren’t purple & don’t have purple ’undertones’. It’s an effect of light and context.
That’s why some people swear they read just as the lovely near neutrals they are and some say they are positively purple! It won’t necessarily happen in your space, but it may.
Using this framework of measurement allows you to manage that situation if It should occur. Strategies to try include, increase the Chroma so it is better able to stand up to the light. Or keep the Value + Chroma as they are, but move away from this zone. Try moving clockwise more towards, or even past 90°, or anticlockwise to before 40°. Sometimes even moving just a few degrees away can make all the difference.
Note* If colour shift only happens at night, then sometimes it can be possible redress the problem just by altering the lightbulbs in the space. But if it happens in the day, try one of the other tactics.
If you don’t have a framework such as this to support you, the likelihood is you might sample colour after colour in your space, just in the hope that one shifts less purple than the other. That’s no strategy at all.
This is why sampling a colour in your space is so important. To see how it renders with your light and context. It may have very different results to your friend’s use of the same colour down the road.
This info isn’t to alarm you, but better arm you. 🤓
I hope you may find it of use.
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Q