African Gray

With an LRV of about 31, African Gray 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. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

African Gray in other brands

• ELEGANT PEWTER Nippon Paint NP PRO 0518 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Tucker Benjamin Moore CW-705 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• TVT M498 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Tucker House Gray Pratt & Lambert CW720 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Dew Blue Jotun 4710 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Path Of Hope Kelly-Moore KM683-M Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Mystical Shade Sherwin-Williams 6276 Light Gray
• Software Sherwin-Williams 7074 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is African Gray warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.6 and b value of -1.2 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to African Gray?

ELEGANT PEWTER (NP PRO 0518), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of African Gray?

≈ 31. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.