Hemlock

With an LRV of about 28, Hemlock 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.

Hemlock in other brands

• Cathedral Glass PPG 1148-5 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Cathedral Glass Glidden PPG1148-5 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Tranquil Aqua Sherwin-Williams 7611 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.7
• Blue Whale Jotun 5517 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.9
• Soul Quenching Kelly-Moore KM4867-2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.9
• Ocean Melody Hallman Lindsay 499 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• St. Benjamin Moore CSP-675 Grayish Blue
• Baltic Benjamin Moore CSP-680 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns grayish green
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns grayish green
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Hemlock warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -6.3 and a value of -9.9 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest PPG color to Hemlock?

Cathedral Glass (1148-5), at ΔE 1.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Hemlock?

≈ 28. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.