Dark Storm Cloud

With an LRV of about 27, Dark Storm Cloud 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.

Dark Storm Cloud in other brands

• TVT N492 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Icy Blue Jotun 5044 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Grenville Plascon G7-E2-1 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Arctis 45 Caparol 3D Arctis 45 Gray Very close ΔE 1.5
• Smoky Day Hallman Lindsay 491 Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Mirador Kelly-Moore KM3797-2 Gray Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Nor'wester Behr N470-4 Light Gray
• Courtyard Blue Behr BXC-48 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Dark Storm Cloud warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -4.0 and a value of -4.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Dark Storm Cloud?

TVT N492 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Dark Storm Cloud?

≈ 27. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.