Nickel

With an LRV of about 40, Nickel is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Nickel in other brands

• Wily William Dulux Australia SG5B2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Grey Chateau Resene Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Ascot Blue Glidden 90BG 41/040 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Morning Fog Plascon B4-E2-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Granite Gray Nippon Paint NP N 3110P Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• TVT V429 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Beach Benjamin Moore 1564 Light Gray
• Graystone Benjamin Moore 1475 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 Nickel warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.0 and a value of -0.9 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Nickel?

Wily William (SG5B2), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Nickel?

≈ 40. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.