Apparition

With an LRV of about 59, Apparition reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Apparition in other brands

• Metro Gray MyPerfectColor MP7425 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• Windham Pratt & Lambert 33-11 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Swirling Smoke Glidden PPG1007-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• French Chartreuse Plascon Y5-D2-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Swirling Smoke PPG 1007-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Repose Gray Sherwin-Williams 7015 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Winter Benjamin Moore 1555 Light Gray
• Sea Benjamin Moore 2137-50 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 Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Apparition warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.5 and a value of -0.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest MyPerfectColor color to Apparition?

Metro Gray (MP7425), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Apparition?

≈ 59. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.