Austere Gray

With an LRV of about 51, Austere Gray reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Austere Gray in other brands

• Lunar Landing Dulux UK 1977116 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Iets Natuursteen Flexa Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Pinie 25 Caparol 3D Pinie 25 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Arbor Hollow Behr ECC-37-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Horizon Benjamin Moore 2141-50 Green Very close ΔE 1.0
• Solitary Pratt & Lambert 19-29 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Filmy Green Sherwin-Williams 6190 Light Gray
• Escape Gray Sherwin-Williams 6185 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 yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Austere Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.4 and a value of -2.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux UK color to Austere Gray?

Lunar Landing (1977116), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Austere Gray?

≈ 51. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.