Earl Grey

With an LRV of about 32, Earl Grey 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.

Earl Grey in other brands

• Dusk Blue Behr BXC-66 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Londoner Kelly-Moore KM707-M Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Light Gray Dunn-Edwards DEC789 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Rainstorm Benjamin Moore CSP-50 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• J1300D Crown Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Husky Gray Glidden PPG0994-6 Gray Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Morning Fog Sherwin-Williams 6255 Light Gray
• Classic French Gray Sherwin-Williams 77 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 olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Earl Grey warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -2.2 and b value of 1.6 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Behr color to Earl Grey?

Dusk Blue (BXC-66), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Earl Grey?

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