Imperial Gray

With an LRV of about 14, Imperial Gray absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Imperial Gray in other brands

• Basalt Tikkurila N499 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Thunder Clouds Dulux UK 1977192 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• 85% Grind Flexa Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Bracken Tenement Blue Slate Pratt & Lambert CW723 Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Polished Pewter Vista C-1463 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Paris Paving Plascon 53 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Stormy Gray Behr BXC-58 Gray
• Shadow Mountain Behr PPU24-22 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• Tritanopia Reads as gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Imperial Gray warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.2 and b value of -0.4 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Imperial Gray?

Basalt (N499), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Imperial Gray?

≈ 14. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.