Dovetail

With an LRV of about 26, Dovetail 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.

Dovetail in other brands

• Gunmetal Beige Dulux Australia S10A4 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Castle Benjamin Moore CSP-75 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Castle Wall Grey Glidden 30YY 27/053 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Houdini C2 Paint C2-794 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Enchanted KILZ RL180 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Basalt Met. MyPerfectColor MP31147 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Let it Rain Sherwin-Williams 9152 Light Gray
• Foggy Day Sherwin-Williams 6235 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• Tritanopia Reads as gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Dovetail warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 4.5 and a value of 0.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Dovetail?

Gunmetal Beige (S10A4), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Dovetail?

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