Metro

With an LRV of about 60, Metro 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.

Metro in other brands

• Empire Jotun 0520 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Marble Mist Nerolac 2911 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Engraved Locket Dulux UK 1915044 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Steely Gaze Glidden PPG0996-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Silver Needle Nippon Paint NP N 3005P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Iets Grafiet Flexa Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Pearl Benjamin Moore 871 Light Gray
• Nightingale Benjamin Moore AF-670 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 orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Metro warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.4 and b value of 1.0 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Jotun color to Metro?

Empire (0520), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Metro?

≈ 60. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.