White Metal

With an LRV of about 64, White Metal 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.

White Metal in other brands

• Ancestral Water Kelly-Moore KM4885-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• TVT 1951 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Ancient Cloud Glidden PPG0995-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Snow Bits Berger Paints 8P0205 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Venato 55 Caparol 3D Venato 55 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Glacial Flow Dulux UK 2681656 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Dutch White Behr MQ3-31 White
• Alaskan Gray Behr HDC-NT-23G 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 orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is White Metal warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.4 and b value of 1.0 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to White Metal?

Ancestral Water (KM4885-1), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of White Metal?

≈ 64. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.