Whale Gray

With an LRV of about 13, Whale Gray 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.

Whale Gray in other brands

• Moher Slate Johnstone's Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Hempel 17310 Hempel Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Nocturnal Benjamin Moore 2135-30 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Deep Forest Gray Nerolac 4548 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Petrol Tikkurila S491 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Sea Pebbles Asian Paints 9470 Gray Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Behr

• In The Woods Behr T17-13 Gray
• Midnight Blue Behr N480-7 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Whale Gray warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -4.0 and a value of -4.4 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Whale Gray?

Moher Slate (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Whale Gray?

≈ 13. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.