Balmy

With an LRV of about 66, Balmy 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.

Balmy in other brands

• Heaven Benjamin Moore 1661 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• M3650U Crown Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Dartmoor Mist Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Winter Teal 5 Dulux UK 1187319 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Gentle Blue Asian Paints 1276 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Alpine C2 Paint C2-722 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Iceberg Sherwin-Williams 6798 Light Gray
• Billowy Breeze Sherwin-Williams 9055 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
• 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 Balmy warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.1 and a value of -5.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Balmy?

Heaven (1661), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Balmy?

≈ 66. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.