Hearthstone

With an LRV of about 27, Hearthstone 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.

Hearthstone in other brands

• Cloudy Grey Johnstone's Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• City Storm Valspar 4008-2A Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• TVT Q857 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Oslo Grey Resene Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Ancient Pewter Behr PMD-73 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Hempel 17750 Hempel Gray Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Delray Benjamin Moore 1614 Light Gray
• Steel Benjamin Moore 2121-20 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 Hearthstone warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.4 and b value of -1.7 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Hearthstone?

Cloudy Grey (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Hearthstone?

≈ 27. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.