Lavender

With an LRV of about 73, Lavender reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Lavender in other brands

• Velvet Scarf Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• TVT F349 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• St. Helena Kelly-Moore KM200-L Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Innocence Asian Paints 7211 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Bells in the Snow Plascon B6-B2-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Powdered Granite Quarter Dulux Australia S42F1Q Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Mirage Benjamin Moore 2116-70 White
• Angel's Benjamin Moore 1423 Light Gray

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 Lavender warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -6.7 and a value of 1.4 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Lavender?

Velvet Scarf (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Lavender?

≈ 73. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.