Gray

With an LRV of about 17, Gray absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Gray in other brands

• Andesite Crown N7160P Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Old Lamppost KILZ TB-37 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Silver Hill Behr 750F-5 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Greish Blue Jotun 5547 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Improbable PPG 1011-5 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Improbable Glidden PPG1011-5 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Dolphin Benjamin Moore AF-715 Gray
• Anchor Benjamin Moore 2126-30 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Gray warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.5 and a value of -1.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Crown color to Gray?

Andesite (N7160P), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Gray?

≈ 17. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.