Magnetic Gray
Behr N500-5
- HEX
- #838789
- RGB
- 131, 135, 137
- LAB
- 56.0, -1.1, -1.6
- LRV
- ≈ 24
- Family
- Gray, neutral
- Nearest RAL
- 7046 Tele Grey 2
With an LRV of about 24, Magnetic 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.
Magnetic Gray in other brands
- TVT N498 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
- Stone Age Vista K-811 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
- Englewood Benjamin Moore 1607 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
- Bali Deep Plascon GR-B04 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
- Matt Silver Jotun 4629 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
- Gray Sweatshirt Nippon Paint NP N 3014D Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Behr
- Dolphin Gray Behr HDC-NT-10A Light Gray
- Gris Volcanico Behr PPH-44 (HISP) Gray
- Very close ΔE 0.0
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 Magnetic Gray warm or cool?
Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.1 and b value of -1.6 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.
What is the closest Tikkurila color to Magnetic Gray?
TVT N498 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Magnetic Gray?
≈ 24. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.