Instinct

With an LRV of about 56, Instinct 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.

Instinct in other brands

• Icy Sherwin-Williams 6534 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Blue Glaze Crown N7550T Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Blue Dolphin Glidden PPG1041-4 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Blue Dolphin PPG 1041-4 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Diamond Girl Plascon B4-D2-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Heather Resene Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Misty Benjamin Moore 820 Grayish Blue
• November Benjamin Moore 2128-50 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Instinct warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -6.8 and a value of -1.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Sherwin-Williams color to Instinct?

Icy (6534), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Instinct?

≈ 56. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.