Cadet

With an LRV of about 31, Cadet 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.

Cadet in other brands

• Maverick Stone Nippon Paint NP N 2994T Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Dew Blue Jotun 4710 Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Tucker Benjamin Moore CW-705 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Pachyderm Glidden PPG1039-4 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Pachyderm PPG 1039-4 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Ufo Johnstone's Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Beguiling Mauve Sherwin-Williams 6269 Light Gray
• Classic French Gray Sherwin-Williams 77 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Cadet warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.6 and a value of -2.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Cadet?

Maverick Stone (NP N 2994T), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Cadet?

≈ 31. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.