Chinchilla

With an LRV of about 20, Chinchilla 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.

Chinchilla in other brands

• Thorny Brush Valspar 1001-9B Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Cocoa Powder Dulux UK 1915016 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• IKEA170 IKEA Gray Very close ΔE 1.6
• Complex Gray Behr N140-5 Gray Very close ΔE 1.7
• Hempel 19830 Hempel Gray Very close ΔE 1.8
• Foible C2 Paint C2-792 Gray Very close ΔE 1.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Cocoa Berry Sherwin-Williams 9078 Red
• Browse Brown Sherwin-Williams 6012 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns brown
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Chinchilla warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of 4.8 and b value of 3.6 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Valspar color to Chinchilla?

Thorny Brush (1001-9B), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Chinchilla?

≈ 20. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.