Solitude

With an LRV of about 42, Solitude 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.

Solitude in other brands

• Foretell PPG 10-13 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Foretell Glidden PPG10-13 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Midden Marmer Flexa Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Hit Grey Resene Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Quaker Gray Nippon Paint NP N 2005P Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Opal Blue Prl over Hot Plata MyPerfectColor MP23468-23552 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Tranquility Benjamin Moore AF-490 Light Gray
• Cloudy Benjamin Moore 2122-30 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 Solitude warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -4.4 and a value of -2.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest PPG color to Solitude?

Foretell (10-13), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Solitude?

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