Shale

With an LRV of about 52, Shale 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.

Shale in other brands

• IKEA123 IKEA Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Synchronicity Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Tanglewood Behr N320-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Midden Turf Flexa Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Skyline Steel Sherwin-Williams 1015 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Chic Gray Nippon Paint NP N 3026P Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Collingwood Benjamin Moore 859 Light Gray
• Museum Benjamin Moore CSP-40 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 Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Shale warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.8 and a value of 0.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest IKEA color to Shale?

IKEA123 (123), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Shale?

≈ 52. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.