Classic French Gray

With an LRV of about 24, Classic French Gray 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.

Classic French Gray in other brands

• Cast Steel Met. MyPerfectColor MP18146 Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Titanium C2 Paint C2-952 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Whakarewarewa Dulux Australia NZ9C8 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Leaping Gray Nippon Paint NP N 2039T Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Menhir Asian Paints K297 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Mt. Rainier Johnstone's Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Earl Grey Sherwin-Williams 7660 Light Gray
• Gauntlet Gray Sherwin-Williams 7019 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 brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Classic French Gray warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.6 and b value of 2.8 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest MyPerfectColor color to Classic French Gray?

Cast Steel Met. (MP18146), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Classic French Gray?

≈ 24. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.