Downing Stone

With an LRV of about 37, Downing Stone 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.

Downing Stone in other brands

• Airstream Sparkle Met. MyPerfectColor MP19891 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Fieldstone Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Tornado Watch Valspar 6002-2A Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
• Shark Fin Vista C-573 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Mai 15 Caparol 3D Mai 15 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Backdrop Kelly-Moore KM4789-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Sensible Hue Sherwin-Williams 6198 Light Gray
• Cornwall Slate Sherwin-Williams 9131 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Downing Stone warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.6 and a value of -1.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest MyPerfectColor color to Downing Stone?

Airstream Sparkle Met. (MP19891), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Downing Stone?

≈ 37. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.