Thundercloud

With an LRV of about 23, Thundercloud 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.

Thundercloud in other brands

• Lakeville Dunn-Edwards DE5872 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• North Beach Blue KILZ RC140-01 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Evening Hush Johnstone's Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Lago 75 Caparol 3D Lago 75 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.7
• Waloon Blue MyPerfectColor MP2774 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.8
• Tender Blue Jotun 4345 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 2.0

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Mystery Behr MQ5-51 Grayish Blue
• Lost Atlantis Behr 580F-6 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Thundercloud warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -14.8 and a value of -2.4 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to Thundercloud?

Lakeville (DE5872), at ΔE 1.1. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Thundercloud?

≈ 23. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.