Metropolis

With an LRV of about 24, Metropolis 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.

Metropolis in other brands

• So Sublime Glidden PPG1006-5 Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• So Sublime PPG 1006-5 Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Discrete Jotun 10429 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Basalt Met. MyPerfectColor MP31147 Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Mole's Breath Farrow & Ball 276 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Schooner Resene Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Gothic Benjamin Moore CSP-80 Gray
• Vintage Benjamin Moore 1455 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Metropolis warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.2 and a value of 1.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Glidden color to Metropolis?

So Sublime (PPG1006-5), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Metropolis?

≈ 24. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.