Smoke

With an LRV of about 57, 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

• Dusted Blue Behr N470-2A Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Gulf Wind Kelly-Moore KM4871-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Tudor Ice Vista C-1357 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Sea Shades Asian Paints 9474 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Submarine Resene Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Glacier Stream Berger Paints 8T1835 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Healing Benjamin Moore 1562 Light Gray
• Silver Benjamin Moore 2108-50 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 beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Smoke warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.1 and a value of -4.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Smoke?

Dusted Blue (N470-2A), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Smoke?

≈ 57. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.