Pencil Sketch

With an LRV of about 33, Pencil Sketch 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.

Pencil Sketch in other brands

• Vol Grind Flexa Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Serving Platter KILZ RK250 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Aegean Splendour Plascon GR-B03 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Endless Dusk Dulux Australia SN4G3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• TVT Q832 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Cool Metalwork Grey Glidden 50BG 33/025 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Tin Foil Behr N500-3 Light Gray
• Pewter Ring Behr UL260-4 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 olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Pencil Sketch warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.2 and b value of -1.0 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Flexa color to Pencil Sketch?

Vol Grind (Flexa), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Pencil Sketch?

≈ 33. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.