Smoke

With an LRV of about 53, Smoke 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.

Smoke in other brands

• Light French Gray Sherwin-Williams 55 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Portland Cement MyPerfectColor MP543 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Sugared Bronze KILZ RK140 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Gray Pearl Dunn-Edwards DEC795 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Noble Gray Behr HDC-WR15-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Jura 50 Caparol 3D Jura 50 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Lilac Benjamin Moore CSP-490 Light Gray
• Gull Benjamin Moore 2134-50 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 Smoke warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.2 and b value of 2.8 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Sherwin-Williams color to Smoke?

Light French Gray (55), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Smoke?

≈ 53. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.