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

• Marsh Reed Johnstone's Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Palatine Vista C-369 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• French Gray Linen Glidden PPG1029-3 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• French Gray Linen PPG 1029-3 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Ocean Foam Behr PPU10-10 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Palatine Hallman Lindsay 370 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Natural Benjamin Moore 1515 Beige
• Cheyenne Benjamin Moore 1502 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 orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 9.9 and a value of -2.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Gray?

Marsh Reed (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.5. 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.