Soft Secret

With an LRV of about 66, Soft Secret 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.

Soft Secret in other brands

• Hempel 17620 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• Pipe Clay Half Dulux Australia S16A1H Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• C9630G Crown Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Wishing Star Kelly-Moore KM3914-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Spun Mohair Dulux UK 2681638 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Bare Jotun 1391 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Primrose Bouquet Behr PPL-43 White
• Rhino Behr 710E-3 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 Secret warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.2 and a value of -1.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hempel color to Soft Secret?

Hempel 17620 (17620), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Soft Secret?

≈ 66. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.