Slate Gray

With an LRV of about 24, Slate Gray absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Slate Gray in other brands

• Gunsmoke Resene Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Elusive Grey Berger Paints 8A0427 Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Grey Matter Asian Paints 8304 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Grey Matters Vista K-827 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Old Town MyPerfectColor MP5341 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• TVT N496 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Shark Fin Behr PPU24-19 Gray
• Gris Volcanico Behr PPH-44 (HISP) Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• Tritanopia Reads as gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Slate Gray warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.5 and b value of 0.7 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Resene color to Slate Gray?

Gunsmoke (Resene), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Slate Gray?

≈ 24. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.