Elemental Gray

With an LRV of about 35, Elemental 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.

Elemental Gray in other brands

• Diamond Heights Vista K-819 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Hempel 19002 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Burnished Blade Glidden PPG0995-5 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Midden Grafiet Flexa Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Kerbside Nippon Paint NP N 3006P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Smoky Tone Hallman Lindsay 541 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Pewter Mug Behr 770E-3 Light Gray
• Plum Smoke Behr PPU16-14 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 Elemental Gray warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.2 and b value of 0.5 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Vista color to Elemental Gray?

Diamond Heights (K-819), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Elemental Gray?

≈ 35. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.