Evaporation

With an LRV of about 66, Evaporation 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.

Evaporation in other brands

• SKELETON SILVER Nippon Paint NP PRO 0511 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Morning Lake Valspar 7004-21 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• First Thaw Berger Paints 8P1690 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Grey Mare Vista K-814 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Nomadic Dream Plascon GR-G03 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Tipple Tikkurila Journalist's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Quartz Stone Behr ECC-35-2 White
• Silver Mine Behr PPU26-18 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 yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Evaporation warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.7 and b value of 0.5 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Evaporation?

SKELETON SILVER (NP PRO 0511), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Evaporation?

≈ 66. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.