Gray

With an LRV of about 56, Gray 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.

Gray in other brands

• Hempel 11280 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Irish Touch Plascon G1-D2-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Riverdale Behr N410-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Distant Haze Green Glidden 50GY 55/066 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Life Lesson Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Tree Pose Kelly-Moore KM4830-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Healing Benjamin Moore 1562 Light Gray
• Flora Benjamin Moore AF-470 Green

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 yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 4.7 and a value of -4.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hempel color to Gray?

Hempel 11280 (11280), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Gray?

≈ 56. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.