Smoke

With an LRV of about 42, Smoke 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.

Smoke in other brands

• Boulder Creek Glidden PPG0999-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Charcoal Aluminium Plascon AL-B03 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Granite Boulder Behr 790D-4 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Big Band Kelly-Moore KM5828-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Coy Grey MyPerfectColor MP3066 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Pussywillow Sherwin-Williams 7643 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Cumulus Benjamin Moore 1550 Light Gray
• River Benjamin Moore 1537 Beige

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?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.1 and a value of -0.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Glidden color to Smoke?

Boulder Creek (PPG0999-3), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Smoke?

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