Prelude

With an LRV of about 47, Prelude 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.

Prelude in other brands

• Feathery Plascon 105 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Bone China Blue Little Greene Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Rip Tide Berger Paints 8T2675 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Chambray Blue KILZ TB-45 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• IKEA164 IKEA Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Bali Blue Kelly-Moore KM3795-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Lilac Tan Behr 730A-3 Light Gray
• Strong Winds Behr N380-4 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 beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Prelude warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.8 and a value of -4.4 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Plascon color to Prelude?

Feathery (105), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Prelude?

≈ 47. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.