Silver Drop
Behr 790C-2
- HEX
- #DDDACF
- RGB
- 221, 218, 207
- LAB
- 87.0, -0.9, 5.8
- LRV
- ≈ 70
- Family
- Light Gray, warm
- Nearest RAL
- 9002 Grey White
With an LRV of about 70, Silver Drop 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.
Silver Drop in other brands
- Ivory Spray Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
- Light Benjamin Moore 1464 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
- Fresh Scent Plascon Y6-B2-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
- TVT Q636 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
- Foggy Skies KILZ RJ190 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
- Hempel 10590 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Behr
- Jet White Behr QE-01 White
- Smoked Umber Behr PWN-71 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 light orange
- Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
- Daylight, 6500 K As listed
Questions
Is Silver Drop warm or cool?
Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.8 and a value of -0.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.
What is the closest Johnstone's color to Silver Drop?
Ivory Spray (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Silver Drop?
≈ 70. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.