Conservative Gray

With an LRV of about 63, Conservative Gray reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Conservative Gray in other brands

• TVT J497 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
• Wombat Forest Dulux Australia SN3H9 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Eon Behr N370-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Bare Jotun 1391 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• C9630G Crown Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Hempel 15370 Hempel Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Pearly White Sherwin-Williams 7009 White
• Studio Mauve Sherwin-Williams 62 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 orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Conservative Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 5.1 and a value of -1.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Conservative Gray?

TVT J497 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Conservative Gray?

≈ 63. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.