Gratifying Gray

With an LRV of about 58, Gratifying Gray 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.

Gratifying Gray in other brands

• Smoke Ring KILZ RK100 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Hempel 16030 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Repose Gray Sherwin-Williams 7015 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Morning Oats Dulux UK 2440844 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Winter Mist Jotun 1926 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Whiskers Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Silver Feather Behr BWC-29 Light Gray
• Heirloom Silver Behr PPU25-08 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 orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Gratifying Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 4.7 and a value of -0.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest KILZ color to Gratifying Gray?

Smoke Ring (RK100), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Gratifying Gray?

≈ 58. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.