Breathtaking

With an LRV of about 63, Breathtaking 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.

Breathtaking in other brands

• Desert Water Plascon B5-B2-2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.0
• Poolside Blue Nerolac 4920 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.4
• Idyllic C2 Paint C2-786 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Hempel 31011 Hempel Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Morning Jewel 5 Dulux UK 1187589 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Objectivity Half Dulux Australia S41F1H Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Wishful Blue Sherwin-Williams 6813 Light Gray
• Daydream Sherwin-Williams 6541 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as grayish blue
• Protanopia Reads as grayish blue
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns light gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Breathtaking warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -9.5 and a value of 0.0 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Plascon color to Breathtaking?

Desert Water (B5-B2-2), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Breathtaking?

≈ 63. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.