Sonnet

With an LRV of about 72, Sonnet reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Sonnet in other brands

• Silver Spree Asian Paints 8460 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Pacer White Sherwin-Williams 6098 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Oyster Behr W-B-720 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Secluded Cottage Kelly-Moore KM566-L Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Curry 20 Caparol 3D Curry 20 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
• Chalk Gray Pratt & Lambert 11-32 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Woodland Benjamin Moore 2161-70 White
• Smokey Benjamin Moore 983 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns light orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Sonnet warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 7.8 and a value of 0.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Asian Paints color to Sonnet?

Silver Spree (8460), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sonnet?

≈ 72. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.