Cast Iron

With an LRV of about 13, Cast Iron 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.

Cast Iron in other brands

• Ashton Grey Dutch VS-9303 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• City Fog Dulux UK 1977037 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Puur Natuursteen Flexa Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Plunge Pool PPG 1029-7 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Plunge Pool Glidden PPG1029-7 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Green Marble Jotun 8422 Gray Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Link Gray Sherwin-Williams 6200 Gray
• Roycroft Bronze Green Sherwin-Williams 2846 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 Turns olive
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Cast Iron warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.7 and a value of -2.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dutch color to Cast Iron?

Ashton Grey (VS-9303), at ΔE 1.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Cast Iron?

≈ 13. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.