Distant Star

With an LRV of about 53, Distant Star 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.

Distant Star in other brands

• Polka Dots Nerolac 5012 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Krypton Sherwin-Williams 6247 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Gray Frost Glidden PPG1012-4 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Gray Frost PPG 1012-4 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• TVT Q861 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Platinum Ring KILZ RK180 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Etude Lilac Behr N100-2 Light Gray
• Cool Granite Behr PPF-39 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 Distant Star warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -2.0 and b value of -1.8 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Nerolac color to Distant Star?

Polka Dots (5012), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Distant Star?

≈ 53. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.