Fossil

With an LRV of about 73, Fossil reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Fossil in other brands

• Taravel Kelly-Moore WS8 Beige Very close ΔE 0.0
• Goose Down Plascon 10 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Tundra 25 Caparol 3D Tundra 25 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Brandied Pears Johnstone's Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Mild Jotun 1275 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Rice Paper C2 Paint C2-900 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• White Benjamin Moore 904 White
• York Benjamin Moore CW-45 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns light orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Fossil warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.1 and a value of -0.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Fossil?

Taravel (WS8), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Fossil?

≈ 73. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.