Watery

With an LRV of about 49, Watery 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.

Watery in other brands

• Wellspring C2 Paint C2-977 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Milky Spearmint Dulux Australia SG5G2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Bedtime Stories Nippon Paint NP N 2019P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Crystal Ball Plascon G5-E2-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• H9470M Crown Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Sea Glass Kelly-Moore KM4851-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Cotton Grey Behr HDC-NT-20 Light Gray
• Old Celadon Behr PPU25-05 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 Watery warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -0.8 and a value of -5.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest C2 Paint color to Watery?

Wellspring (C2-977), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Watery?

≈ 49. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.