Sterling

With an LRV of about 65, Sterling 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.

Sterling in other brands

• Wright Cloud White PPG FLLW961 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Grey Mare Vista K-814 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• First Thaw Berger Paints 8P1690 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Tornado Glidden PPG1009-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Morning Lake Valspar 7004-21 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Bone China Blue - Mid Little Greene Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Silent White Behr PPU26-13 White
• Distant Star Behr MQ5-31 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 yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Sterling warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.6 and b value of 1.1 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest PPG color to Sterling?

Wright Cloud White (FLLW961), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sterling?

≈ 65. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.