Soft Focus

With an LRV of about 75, Soft Focus 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.

Soft Focus in other brands

• Bonaire Vista C-19 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• Asiago Valspar 6005-1A Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• TVT Q624 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• Bonaire Hallman Lindsay 20 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Ice Queen Dulux Australia SW1A1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Grandma's Benjamin Moore CSP-365 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Natural White Behr DC-005 White
• Tranquil Gray Behr DC-007 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 Soft Focus warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.9 and a value of -0.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Soft Focus?

Bonaire (C-19), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Soft Focus?

≈ 75. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.