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Adagio

Benjamin Moore 1593

HEX
#A1A9A9
RGB
161, 169, 169
LAB
68.6, -2.8, -1.0
LRV
≈ 39
Family
Light Gray, neutral
Nearest RAL
7040 Window Grey
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With an LRV of about 39, Adagio 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. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Adagio in other brands

  • Wool .03 Colorhouse Wool-03 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
  • Steel Mill Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
  • Pavement Café Crown J5390G Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
  • Silent Film Behr MQ5-30 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
  • Timeless Gray Pratt & Lambert 29-23 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
  • Orkla Jotun 5125 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

  • Blue Benjamin Moore 1592 Light Gray
  • Rainstorm Benjamin Moore CSP-50 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 Adagio warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -2.8 and b value of -1.0 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Colorhouse color to Adagio?

Wool .03 (Wool-03), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Adagio?

≈ 39. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.