Silver City
Behr MQ2-59
- HEX
- #C8C8C2
- RGB
- 200, 200, 194
- LAB
- 80.5, -1.1, 3.0
- LRV
- ≈ 57
- Family
- Light Gray, neutral
- Nearest RAL
- 7035 Light Grey
With an LRV of about 57, Silver City reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.
Silver City in other brands
- Notre Dame Valspar 5006-1B Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
- Silver Benjamin Moore 1472 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
- TVT 1923 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
- Quicksilver Asian Paints 8307 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
- Snowglory Vista C-530 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
- Burbank Aura Kelly-Moore KM3842-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Behr
- Mystical Mist Behr PR-W1 Light Gray
- Porpoise Behr 790E-3 Light Gray
- Very close ΔE 0.0
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 orange
- Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
- Daylight, 6500 K As listed
Questions
Is Silver City warm or cool?
Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.1 and b value of 3.0 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.
What is the closest Valspar color to Silver City?
Notre Dame (5006-1B), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Silver City?
≈ 57. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.