Breezy

With an LRV of about 41, Breezy 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.

Breezy in other brands

• Waterby Vista K-852 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Portsmouth Bay Behr QE-52 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Blue Arrow Valspar 5001-3C Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Verona 80 Caparol 3D Verona 80 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Nautical Star Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Polaris PPG 10-04 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Studio Mauve Sherwin-Williams 62 Light Gray
• Acier Sherwin-Williams 9170 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 beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Breezy warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.2 and a value of -4.7 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Breezy?

Waterby (K-852), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Breezy?

≈ 41. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.