Storm

With an LRV of about 35, Storm 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.

Storm in other brands

• Metallic Grey Asian Paints 8296 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Grayve-yard Behr T11-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Grey Event Jotun 9912 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Hempel 10320 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Techile Vista C-532 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Burnished Blade Glidden PPG0995-5 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Silver Benjamin Moore 1460 Light Gray
• Hearthstone Benjamin Moore 1601 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 Storm warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.7 and b value of 0.9 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Asian Paints color to Storm?

Metallic Grey (8296), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Storm?

≈ 35. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.