Debonair

With an LRV of about 34, Debonair 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.

Debonair in other brands

• Symmetry Glidden PPG1037-4 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Symmetry PPG 1037-4 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Steel Symphony 3 Dulux UK 1187170 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Aqua Bubble Plascon B1-D2-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• TVT 2113 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Cape Cod Blue Dunn-Edwards DEC792 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Languid Blue Sherwin-Williams 6226 Light Gray
• Blustery Sky Sherwin-Williams 9140 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Debonair warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.0 and a value of -4.4 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Glidden color to Debonair?

Symmetry (PPG1037-4), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Debonair?

≈ 34. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.