Cotton White

With an LRV of about 87, Cotton White reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Cotton White in other brands

• Sunbleached Shell Vista K-1300 White Very close ΔE 0.0
• Apricot Blush Kelly-Moore OW213-1 White Very close ΔE 0.5
• China Cup Behr W-D-100 White Very close ΔE 0.5
• Gardenia Tikkurila F309 White Very close ΔE 0.5
• Silent White-w Nerolac 171 White Very close ΔE 0.6
• Desert Wind Dulux UK 1915035 White Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Pacer White Sherwin-Williams 6098 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as white
• Protanopia Reads as white
• Tritanopia Reads as white
• Achromatopsia Reads as white

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns light orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Cotton White warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.7 and a value of 0.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Cotton White?

Sunbleached Shell (K-1300), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Cotton White?

≈ 87. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.