Chelsea Gray

With an LRV of about 47, Chelsea Gray 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.

Chelsea Gray in other brands

• TVT Q808 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Fossilized Hallman Lindsay 581 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Sonic Silver Behr HDC-MD-26 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Warm Ashes KILZ RK220 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Quincy Granite Vista C-1459 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Metal .03 Colorhouse Metal-03 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Silver Strand Sherwin-Williams 7057 Light Gray
• Mysterious Mauve Sherwin-Williams 6262 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 yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Chelsea Gray warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.6 and b value of 3.4 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Chelsea Gray?

TVT Q808 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Chelsea Gray?

≈ 47. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.