Tin Foil

With an LRV of about 43, Tin Foil is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Tin Foil in other brands

• Pigeon Feather Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Cold Steel Kelly-Moore KM3812-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Dove Slate Dulux UK 1915036 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• TVT 0423 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Metropolis Valspar 4005-1C Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Verona 45 Caparol 3D Verona 45 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Silver Mine Behr PPU26-18 Light Gray
• Pencil Sketch Behr N500-4 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 beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Tin Foil warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.4 and b value of -0.5 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Tin Foil?

Pigeon Feather (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Tin Foil?

≈ 43. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.