Nimbus

With an LRV of about 42, Nimbus 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.

Nimbus in other brands

• Smoke Screen Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Special Delivery Glidden PPG1037-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Special Delivery PPG 1037-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Porch Ceiling Behr PPF-27 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Stardew Sherwin-Williams 9138 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Dusky Blue Jotun 5200 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Tranquility Benjamin Moore AF-490 Light Gray
• Sea Benjamin Moore CSP-735 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
• 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 Nimbus warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.8 and a value of -4.4 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Nimbus?

Smoke Screen (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Nimbus?

≈ 42. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.