Curio Gray

With an LRV of about 26, Curio 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.

Curio Gray in other brands

• Mouse's Back Farrow & Ball 40 Orange Very close ΔE 0.5
• Varm Jord Jotun 1912 Orange Very close ΔE 0.6
• Hempel 60021 Hempel Orange Very close ΔE 0.6
• Pitcher Tikkurila Orange Very close ΔE 0.8
• Sleeping Cabin KILZ LL150 Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
• Kingsport Benjamin Moore HC-86 Orange Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Tony Taupe Sherwin-Williams 7038 Beige
• Warm Stone Sherwin-Williams 7032 Brown

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• 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 Curio Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 11.7 and a value of 2.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Farrow & Ball color to Curio Gray?

Mouse's Back (40), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Curio Gray?

≈ 26. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.