Cascades

With an LRV of about 4, Cascades absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Cascades in other brands

• Nessie Dulux Australia S31A9 Dark Green Very close ΔE 0.8
• Cape Royal Vista K-856 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.8
• Atlantic Waves Hallman Lindsay 473 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.8
• Theatre Dress Kelly-Moore KM4841-5 Dark Green Very close ΔE 1.8
• Mediterranean C2 Paint C2-709 Dark Gray Very close ΔE 1.8
• Pacific Benjamin Moore 2049-10 Dark Blue Very close ΔE 1.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Still Water Sherwin-Williams 6223 Gray
• Tricorn Black Sherwin-Williams 6258 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Cascades warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.9 and a value of -8.9 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Cascades?

Nessie (S31A9), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Cascades?

≈ 4. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.