Cornwall Slate

With an LRV of about 29, Cornwall Slate 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.

Cornwall Slate in other brands

• Flint Arrow Dulux UK 1977076 Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Vol Natuursteen Flexa Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Everlasting Sage Hallman Lindsay 422 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Hempel 11590 Hempel Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Storm Benjamin Moore 2140-40 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Venetian Wall Kelly-Moore KM4790-3 Beige Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Rare Gray Sherwin-Williams 6199 Light Gray
• Link Gray Sherwin-Williams 6200 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 yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns olive
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Cornwall Slate warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.3 and a value of -2.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux UK color to Cornwall Slate?

Flint Arrow (1977076), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Cornwall Slate?

≈ 29. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.