Downtown Gray

With an LRV of about 40, Downtown Gray is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Downtown Gray in other brands

• City Street Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Ash Tikkurila M497 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Wood Gray Nippon Paint NP N 3027P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Kalispell Glidden PPG0998-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Rugged Rocks Berger Paints 8T2770 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Iron Grey Jotun 1032 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Mulberry Stain Behr N110-2 Light Gray
• Puddle Behr 790B-4 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 orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Downtown Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 4.5 and a value of -0.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Downtown Gray?

City Street (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Downtown Gray?

≈ 40. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.