Daphne

With an LRV of about 32, Daphne is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Daphne in other brands

• Relaxing Blue Behr ICC-65 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Settler Dulux Australia S37B3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Silver Storm Dunn-Edwards DE5822 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Miner Gray Nippon Paint NP N 2004T Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Stellar C2 Paint C2-733 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Waterswood Berger Paints 8T2619 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Aleutian Sherwin-Williams 6241 Grayish Blue
• Bracing Blue Sherwin-Williams 6242 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as grayish blue
• Protanopia Reads as grayish blue
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns green
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Daphne warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -9.5 and a value of -3.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Daphne?

Relaxing Blue (ICC-65), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Daphne?

≈ 32. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.