Poetic Light

With an LRV of about 73, Poetic Light reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Poetic Light in other brands

• Eider White Sherwin-Williams 7014 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Hush Gray Kelly-Moore KM4905-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Mirage Gray Pratt & Lambert 28-31 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Ballroom Belle Valspar 7001-9 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Limed White Quarter Dulux Australia S13B1Q Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• TVT G482 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Bit Of Sugar Behr PR-W14 White
• Paparazzi Flash Behr MQ5-18 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 light orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Poetic Light warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 0.3 and b value of 3.4 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Sherwin-Williams color to Poetic Light?

Eider White (7014), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Poetic Light?

≈ 73. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.