Licorice
Tikkurila's Licorice is a grey shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its LRV of 7.1 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
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7.12
Licorice in Rooms
Follow Licorice from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 6 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 Kitchen Photo
Licorice (X499) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: With an LRV of 7.1, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate. Test it under daylight, task lighting and evening pendants.
Black kitchen walls with Tikkurila X499 Licorice color
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5 Misc Photos
Licorice (X499) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: With an LRV of 7.1, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate. Test it under the varied light of hallways, corners and transitional rooms.
Dark grey Tikkurila X499 walls with wooden ceiling
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Dark grey interior with X499 Tikkurila color
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Dark grey interior with Tikkurila Licorice X499 paint
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Scandinavian interior with dark grey color Tikkurila X499
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Dark accent wall Tikkurila X499 Licorice
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