Calligraphy

With an LRV of about 12, Calligraphy absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Calligraphy in other brands

• Outerspace Sherwin-Williams 6251 Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• SADACHBIA Nippon Paint NP PRO 0525 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Blue Lake Vista K-793 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Powell Benjamin Moore CW-665 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Silent Night Asian Paints 8254 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Licorice Ice Cream Dulux Australia SG6C8 Gray Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Silver Hill Behr 750F-5 Gray
• Evergreen Field Behr HDC-WR16-05 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Calligraphy warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.3 and a value of -2.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Sherwin-Williams color to Calligraphy?

Outerspace (6251), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Calligraphy?

≈ 12. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.