Delft

With an LRV of about 33, Delft 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.

Delft in other brands

• Aqua Smoke Glidden PPG1034-5 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Aqua Smoke PPG 1034-5 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
• Sea Benjamin Moore 2123-30 Grayish Green Very close ΔE 1.0
• October Sky Behr N440-4 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Sleepyhead Nippon Paint NP N 2018T Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Filtered Aqua Plascon G7-D2-1 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Breezy Sherwin-Williams 7616 Light Gray
• Moody Blue Sherwin-Williams 6221 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 green
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Delft warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.9 and a value of -6.8 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Glidden color to Delft?

Aqua Smoke (PPG1034-5), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Delft?

≈ 33. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.