Granite Boulder

With an LRV of about 42, Granite Boulder 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.

Granite Boulder in other brands

• Boulder Creek Glidden PPG0999-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Smoke Benjamin Moore CSP-105 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Jade 40 Caparol 3D Jade 40 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Charcoal Aluminium Plascon AL-B03 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Monsoon Mist Asian Paints K131 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Midden Natuursteen Flexa Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Biking Trail Behr N350-3 Beige
• Battleship Gray Behr N360-4 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 Granite Boulder warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.5 and a value of -1.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Glidden color to Granite Boulder?

Boulder Creek (PPG0999-3), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Granite Boulder?

≈ 42. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.