Cosmopolitan

With an LRV of about 47, Cosmopolitan 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.

Cosmopolitan in other brands

• Tundra 20 Caparol 3D Tundra 20 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Mosaic Plascon Y5-D2-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Play on Gray Dunn-Edwards DE6228 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• SMALL STONE Nippon Paint NP PRO 0507 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Putty Dulux Australia S16A2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Keystone Kelly-Moore 186 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Apparition Benjamin Moore 860 Light Gray
• Rockport Benjamin Moore HC-105 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 Cosmopolitan warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 7.2 and a value of -0.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Caparol color to Cosmopolitan?

Tundra 20 (3D Tundra 20), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Cosmopolitan?

≈ 47. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.