Escape Gray

With an LRV of about 41, Escape Gray 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.

Escape Gray in other brands

• Fable Tale Berger Paints 8T2773 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Marble Quarry Vista K-916 Green Very close ΔE 0.8
• Marble Quarry Asian Paints 8425 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Silverado Ranch Hallman Lindsay 421 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Mallorca Plascon Y7-E2-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• TVT L495 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Austere Gray Sherwin-Williams 6184 Light Gray
• Evergreen Fog Sherwin-Williams 9130 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 yellow
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Escape Gray warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 6.6 and a value of -2.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Escape Gray?

Fable Tale (8T2773), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Escape Gray?

≈ 41. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.