Absolute Zero

With an LRV of about 64, Absolute Zero reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Absolute Zero in other brands

• Salina Springs Dunn-Edwards DEC794 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• Peregrine Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Misty Evening Silver Glidden 30BG 64/036 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• L5630G Crown Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• LIGHT SPRUCE Nippon Paint NP PRO 0521 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Quartz Flint 2 Dulux UK 1187634 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Lavender Ice Behr 590E-1 White
• Noble Gray Behr HDC-WR15-3 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Absolute Zero warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -2.3 and b value of -1.9 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to Absolute Zero?

Salina Springs (DEC794), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Absolute Zero?

≈ 64. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.