Gray

With an LRV of about 18, 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

• Hardware Gray Nippon Paint NP N 2031D Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Steel Bar Nerolac 4978 Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Klute Dulux Australia SN4G5 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Pencilpoint Glidden PPG0994-7 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Castle Ford Berger Paints 8D1695 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Industrial Rev Johnstone's Gray Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Englewood Benjamin Moore 1607 Gray
• Bracken Benjamin Moore CW-690 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?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -2.3 and b value of 1.7 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Gray?

Hardware Gray (NP N 2031D), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Gray?

≈ 18. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.