Analytical Gray

With an LRV of about 47, Analytical 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.

Analytical Gray in other brands

• Thistle Gray Vista C-196 Beige Very close ΔE 0.0
• Stonington Johnstone's Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Meadow Brook Kelly-Moore KM3948-2 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Green Raft Dulux UK 1539827 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
• Thistle Gray Hallman Lindsay 197 Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
• Ivory Ridge Plascon Y3-D2-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Accessible Beige Sherwin-Williams 7036 Beige
• Gray Area Sherwin-Williams 7052 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Analytical Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.8 and a value of 0.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Analytical Gray?

Thistle Gray (C-196), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Analytical Gray?

≈ 47. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.