Lavender

With an LRV of about 64, Lavender 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.

Lavender in other brands

• Rain Shimmer KILZ RB180-01 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Lavender Mist Valspar 4001-7B Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• Winsome Lilac Pratt & Lambert 29-3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• Hailstorm Dunn-Edwards DE5925 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Mystique Berger Paints 6T1267 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Evening Gown Nerolac 4219 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Whisper Benjamin Moore 2070-70 White
• North Benjamin Moore 1411 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns light gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Lavender warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -8.4 and a value of 3.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest KILZ color to Lavender?

Rain Shimmer (RB180-01), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Lavender?

≈ 64. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.